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Tins justly celebmted Export Beer is brewed by us expressly for VOECHTING'. 
SHAPE & CO.. of the choicest Hops and Malt, and is guaranteed by us to be purf;3 
and adulterated. jOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO.. 

I call the attention of the trade to the above card of the Joeeuhi 
Schlitz Brewing company, and that the beer bottled by Voechtihg , 
Shape & Co., and reprepresented by me in this territory, is the oalv/ 
beer they certify to as being pure aud unadulerated, being bottled^ oni 
their premises and consequently does not sulier deterioration by traas- 
tation as it does in kegs. The trade siipplie.1 by 



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Vlll. ADVERTISEMENTS. 

EARLL, SMITH, CAMPBELL & STEPHENS, 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 
Office — Pearaon block, up-ntairs, Tu cbod, Arizona. 

THOS. D. SATTEKWHITE WILSON W. HOOVEB. 

HOOVER & SATTERWHITE, 

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS, 
No. 6 Camp ^trppt. - . . . Tucson. Arizona. 



■ M. LOVEIilj. B. H, HEREFOED. 

HEREFORD & LOVELL, 

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, 

No. 8 Camp street, .... Tucson, Arizona. 



WILLIAM J. OSBORN, 

Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Special assist- 
ance priven in obtaining patents for mining and pre-emption claims, and 
also title to land under the desert and timber culture laws. Office at 
the court house, Tucson, Arizona. 

J. T. GRIFFITH, 

Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. Logan avenue, Logan City, 
Ariz 'ua. General Collection, Com mission and Real Estate. 

EUGENE W. ARAM, 

Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Logan Avenue, Logan City.. 
A. T. Will practice in all courts. Special attention given mi ning cases. 

F. A. ODERMATT, 

Operative and Prosthetic Dentist, 213 Penning street (up-stairs), 
Tucson, Arizona. 

~ GLASSMAN & CO., 

Logan Brewery. Beer, Ale and Porter. "Wine Liquors and Cigars. 
Logan avfe'nue, Logan City. Arizona. 

PIONEER LODGING HOUSE, 

Logan avenue, Logan City. M. L. Wurts, proprietor. Good com- 
fortable beds. 



NEW VIKGINL4 BILLIARD HALL, 
I. A. Rose, proprietor. Corner Main and B streets, New Virginia, 
Arizona. Fine brands of Wine, Liquors and Cigars always on hand. 

MELSTED'S CHOP-HOUSE, BAKERY AND RESTAURANT, 

Logan avenue, Logan City, Arizona. J. Melsted, proprietor. Open 
day and night. Everything in the eating line, from a cup of coffee, to 
a square meal, at mode rate pric a. 

LOUIS E. SCHOLL, 
Dealer Ui Cigars, Tohaceo, Ciiti.ery, JVotions, Etc., 
Logan Avenue, - - - Qnijotoa, Arizona. 



W. B. WALKER, 

Assayer, Loiran avenue, Logau City, Arizona. Silver and gold, $'2; 
copper, .f3; lead, SS. A reduction oq three or more a.'^says. Special terms, 
to mining companies, Prompt attention given samples from a distance. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. IX. 



Livery and Feed Stable, F. L. ELY, Prop. 

Logan av enue, Logan City, A. T. 

JOHN C. CROWELL, 

Main Street, New Virginia. Arizona Territory. 

WILLfAM SELLER, 
Oon-t"rgLO"bor a^nci Biailcier. 

Office — Head of S hotwell aventie, Logan City. 

JOHN H. WEBER, 
Oon"Lra.G"tor a^ndL Biailcier, 

. [11:;^° Wi th Prince Bros. Logan Avenue. 

PAUL PLUMMER. 

J"e"weler and 0"p"tioia.n. 

Thoeo who c>innot see gold in the rocks s^hould send to me for glaesee which will 
he!p them to see the metal. Tucson Arizona, 

F. Y. HAUCK, 

Blacksmith. Horsfshoeing and General Blacksmith Work. 

New Virginia, op posite Virginia Corral. 

L. & E. JONES, 
Corral a^nci Livery S^alole, 

Logan Avenue. 



L. ENGLISH & CO., 
Xjiamloer "Ya-rci 

Logan avenue. J, P. Johnson, agent. 



M. RISINGER, 
CorLtra-otor a^nci B-U-ilcier^ 

Logan avenue, Logan City, A. T. 



P. HASSETT, 

Bakery and Groceries. Lotran avenue. Fresh Bread Daily. 

Pies and Cakes, Flour, Barley, Potatoes and general ^'roceries. 

' PROCTOR & CO., " 

Wholesale and Retail. Logan avenue. 



P. GAIJTRIAUD& CO. 
GBOCBBIES AND PIWVISIONS. 

Groceries and provisions, liquors and^gfirs. M ain St., New Virginia 

HIBBARD &l:^ASANEGArProps; 
HEAJJO UABTEliH SALOO .T. 

Sohlitz Milwaukee Beer. | Logan avenue. 



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J. R HAYTER, 

Attorney aud Coxiuselior at Law. Notary Public. Connected 
with New Virginia Townsite company. 
IL^ 'Oifice with company, New Virginia. 

PALACE HOTEL, 

TLTCSON, ARIZONA, - - - GEO. RAYFIELD, PRO. 

Coach from all trains to hotel free of charge to gneeis. Charges, 
$2.50 to S5 per day, according t> loc^ation of room. Day board, $7 per 
week. Special terms to families or parties desiring to stay a certain 
length of time 

HEADQUARTERS SALOON, 

Third Street, .... New Virginia, Arizona. 

Only the best brands of Beer, Wines, Liquors and Cigars. No 
poison sold here. 

A. J. FRAZER, Proprietor. 

C. S. SHOTWELL, 

Groceries and Oenere! ierchaodise, 

Logan Avenue, ... - Logan City, Arizona. 

MALONEY & CO., 

Wines, Liquors and Cigars, 

Lo^an Avenue, - - Logan City, Arizona. 
(E^^Reading Room. The finest place in town. 

NEW VIRGINIA CORRAL, 

J\''ew Virginia, Arizona. 

KNOX & SEAT, Propbietors. 

The Largest corral in tbo camp. Saddle horses for hire. 



STAGE LINE, 

From Tucson to Oracle and American Flag, 

M. a. SAMANIEGO, . . - . Proprietor. 

saddle"" SHOP, 

Cor. Jackson and Meyer Streefs, Tiieson, Arizona. 
All kinds of work done in my line. M G. Samaniego, Pro. 



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THE NEIW VIRGINIA TOWNSiTE COi^PaNY, 



OFFICE- ON THIRD 8TRKET. 

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Fourteen-foot alLdys run north and south throiigh each block. 
Liot8 running north and south are 30x100 feet; lots running east and 
•west are 30x120 feet. The townsite is most beautifully located on the 
eastern slope of the Quijotoa mountains, and has splendid drainage. 
All streets are eighty feet wide. Those running east and west are 
numbered; those running north and south are lettered. 

Especial attention to visitors. Strangers invited to call and ex- 
amine maps and plats. Terms reasonable. Correspmdence solicited. 

Address, 

New Virginia Toavnsite Company. 

Quijotoa, Arizona. 



QUIJOTOA 



MINING DISTRICT 



GUIDE BOOK. 



BASCDM R, STEPHENS; 

gUUDTDA, R-RIZDNR. 

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by 

BAscoM A. stephf:ns. 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 






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X 



PREFACE, 



Even a guide-book must have a preface. I have 
been cognizant of the Quijotoa boom for the past ten 
months, and have watched each step, and am person- 
ally acquainted with the Arizona men who have fig- 
ured principally therein, and also with Messrs. Man- 
love, Tozer and Hughes, whose testimony in regard 
to the bonanza mines is here published, and may be 
relied upon in every particular as the truth. 
These conservative o-entlemen have carefullv drawn 
their reports, a little, if anything, under the reality, 
for fear, perhaps, of being disbelieved. The informa- 
mation concerning the other mines comes from the 
owners or interested friends in every instance, and 
must be taken accordingly. The latest news to date 
of the principal mines of Quijotoa district and Pniia 
county have been incorporated in this book. This 
little work is sent forth with the hope that the m- 
iormation it contains may be like good seed sown in 
fruitiul ground bearing a hundred fold, in that many 
of those who read may come with their wealth of brain 
and brawn and bank and assist in developing the un- 
limited resources of the full embrja) ic State of Ari- 
zona. 

Bascom a. Stephens. 
Tucson, April 14, 1884. 




QUIJOTOA 



"The wealth of the world will yet be found in Arizona and New Mexico."— 
Baron Humboldt. 

■f UIJOTOA is the name of a rancre of inoim- 
I) tains in Southern Arizona, some twenty 
^ miles in length, and lying just west of the 
H2th meridian of longitude. They have a general 
altitude of 4,000 feet, and derive their name from their 
principal peak, which the Papago Indians, the aborig- 
inal tribe of Christianized Pimas,call Kee-ho-toe-ah,or 
basket-mountain, from the resemblance of its outlines 
to a basket, such as is made by the Papagos. Kee-hoe 
means basket and toe-ah an eminence. This peak is 
shown in the left-hand corner of the frontispiece. 
Quijo-toa is simply the Sjmnish orthography of the 
Papago word. The rest of the mountain to the right, 
as shown in the picture, the Papagoes call Gah-kotkh, 
which means crooked. When one looks at the moun- 
tain, and sees the steep palisades, which constitutes 
its surrounding walls, and which in some instances 
are over 1,000 feet in height, the Indian name seems 
to be very appropriate. Various names, as the Peer 
mountain and Ben Nevis, have of late been bestowed 
upon it, but none is so natural as that given by the 
"oldest inhabitants." The name of Ben Nevis was 
given to the major portion of the mountain b}^ S. A. 
Manlove in honor of Alexander McKay, the wiry 
Scotchman, and first white man who ever scaled its 



18 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

rugged and precipitous heights. The uauie is pure 
Anglo-Saxon, and a striking aj^pHcation suggetsts it- 
self in configuration and surroundings to its celebrated 
namesake, of which the poet Keats, thus writes in 
one of his sublime sonnets: 



BEN NEVIS. 

We climb, we pant, we pause; again we climb. 

Frown not, stem mountain, nor around tliee throv 

Thy mist and t-torm; but look with cloudless brow 

O'er all ihy siaut progeny sublime. 

While toiling- up the immeasurable heipht 

We climb, we pant, we pause; tlie thickening gloom 

Hath palled us in the darkness of the tomb. 

And on the hard-worn summit, sound nor sight 

Salute us, save the snow au'i chilling blfiet. 

And all the guardian friends of v inter's throne. 

Such, too, is life, ten thotisand perils passed, 

Our fame is vapor, end our mirth a groan. 

But, patience; the veil be rent away, 

And on our vision flash celestial day. 

These mountains, as all ranges are in Arizona, 
stand unconnected with other chains. They rise ab- 
ruptly from the plains, run a few miles, and disap- 
pear. No forests clothe their sides, or streams of 
living w^ater flow down the gulches of the Quijotoas. 
The diminutive mesquitr, of the locust family, and 
the still smaller palo verde (green wood), a species of 
trees peculiar to the southwestern part of the United 
States, grow on their foot-hills. The giant cactus, 
and a hundred smaller species, stand ready from base 
to summit to attack the defenseless prospector. If 
every rose has a thorn; it is evident in Arizona that 
every thorn does not have a rose. In the heat of 
summer a species of these cactus afford sufficient 
moisture to save life. On the mountain summits 
great ledges occnsionalh^ show themselves, sometimes 
containing only "barren" quartz, or possessing simply 
an "iron cap," or again exhibiting, as in the Crocker 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 19 

claim, on the summit of Ben Nevis, horn-silver 
and even the virgin stuff itself. 

Here and there are basins in natural rock and soil, 
which the summer and winter rains fill to the extent 
sometimes of many thousands of gallons. These de- 
pressions, whether in rock or earth, on mesa or 
mountain, full or empty, are called "tanks." When 
first filled by the refreshing showers their water is 
comparatively pure, but it soon becomes sta^-nant. 
In the Santa Rosa valley, east of the Quijotoa 
mountains, are some tanks which contain more or less 
water the year around. On their banks are located 
Papago villages. Their huts are built of frames 
of ocatilla (a species of cactus), and thatched 
with wild grass, and have a low, narrow opening on 
one side. In the very dry seasons the villages are 
moved to the larger tanks. Till the authorities 
of Pima county dug at Covered Wells a few years 
ago, these tanks were the only source of water-supply 
for the prospector for many miles around. A knowl- 
edge of their location and supply is still valuable. 

The plains surrounding the Quijotoa mountains 
are well wooded with mesquite and palo verde, and 
are covered with a luxuriant growth of grass, called 
sacatone by the Mexicans. Cattle thrive upon it, 
and, whenever the aqueous resources of this country 
shall be sufficiently developed, these valleys will sustain 
a great number of cattle. To one accustomed to for- 
est scenery this country looks fiat, stale, and uninvit- 
ing. To the cattle man and the miner it is a very 
paradise. 

From September till May the climate rivals that 
of Italy or California in their finest seasons. Extra 

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20 QUIJOUOA GUIDE BOOK. 

clothing is not required. Earthquakes and hurri- 
canes have never been known, and do not exist even 
in the traditions of the native Papago. The mer- 
cury notches about 60 ° on an average. The winter 
rains, generally light, come in December or Jan- 
uary. The native grasses and flowers spring 
to life, and the countr}^ appears as green as 
Erin. Snow melts as it falls, and only 

falls on the mountain tops, and remains, if at all, 
a very short time. The sunnner rains are ahvays 
very heavy, and fall in July and August. They are 
accompanied by thunder and lightning. It is during 
this season that the terrific "cloud-burst" occurs, 
when the "windows of heaven" literally open, and it 
seems as if every cubic foot of cloud- vapor suddenly 
became a gallon of water. What was previously a dry 
wash through the plain is quickly filled with a mighty 
torrent, which the Great Eastern could safely navi- 
gate. If the precipitation occurs on a mountain 
thousands of tons of earth and boulders are carried 
down to the plain, and placers and ledges are uncov- 
ered. Afterwards the prospector may find the "float" 
rock and track it to its "mother ledge." It is an ill 
wind that blows nobody good. Travelers over the 
plains during this season frequently meet great riv- 
ers, which they cannot cross. Not a cloud will be 
visible, the waters coming from some mighty down- 
fall that occurred a few hours previously on some dis- 
tant range. Without doubt all the valleys of Ari- 
zona have been filled and the mountains worn off by 
these tremendous atmospheric spasms. And light- 
ning stroke, and thunder crash have aided Nature's 
hydraulics in ages past to tear down the covering of 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 21 

earth from the form of old Bun Nevis and expose 
the massive riches of Crocker, Peerless and Peer. 
From May till September it cannot be denied 
that the weather is warm. In Tucson the United 
States signal service observations never registered in 
the summer time above 110 degrees in the shade, dur- 
ing a period of eight years. This compares favorably 
with the temperature of the San Joaquin and Sacra- 
mento valleys of California, where the mercury for 
weeks at a time during^ the summer notches 114 de- 
grees and is frequently at 120 degrees in the shade. 
This difference favors Arizona; the climate is so dry 
no dew ever falls except it be a very little in the 
early part of the spring. Dry heat is endurable and 
uninjurious to a high degree, as was demonstrated by 
the French philosophers. The continued heat of four 
months is the only real drawback to Arizona climate, 
but what country does not possess its drawbacks ? 
"The trail of the serpent is over it all." People from 
abroad, who have experienced Arizona climate for 
any considerable period, know that, while it has dis- 
advantaofes, it has a less number of them than the 
climate from whence the observers came. In fact^ 
the serpent did not trail here any more than in other 
countries. 

The Quijotoa mountains are not a new mining 
region. From a Spanish manuscript, said to have 
been discovered by A. H. Hanson, in an old mission 
church in Lower California, while visiting the placers 
there last summer (1883), it is learned that ore was 
shipped from this region in 1774, to Muleje, Lower 
California, for reduction. In the Horseshoe Bend, 
four miles north of the town of Logan, are evidences 



22 QUIJOTOA CxUIDE BOOK. 

of old Mexican mining. Who mined there the pres- 
ent generation have no knowledge. In these placers 
numerous pits and shafts are sunk down through the 
red earth. They occupy a space of country about 
half a mile wide and two miles long. The shafts go 
down to a strata of hard, white cement. These holes 
average from five to fifty feet deep. This kind of 
work is known among miners as "coyoteing." The 
Ortega mine, on the west side of the Quijotoa moun- 
tains, nearly opposite the Horseshoe, is an old Mexi- 
can mine, which in the years gone by has yielded 
many tons of petanque. 

About sixty jniles west of Quijotoa is the world 
renowned Ajo copper mine, which was long worked 
by Mexicans. In 1854 Col. Charles D. Poston or- 
ganized a company in San Francisco to work these 
mines, and as late as 1857 L. J. F. Jaeger freighted 
its ore to Yuma, on mule back, at a cost of $105 per 
ton. The ore was then shipped per steamer to San 
Francisco, and thence by sailing vessel around Cape; 
Horn to Swansea, Wales, and then paid ! 

In answer to a request the following memorandat 
has been given: 

The Ajo Copper Company was formed in Sara 
Francisco in 1854, with Major General Robert Allen,,, 
U. S. A., president, and Edward E. Dunbar, super- 
intendent. The members were Fred. R. A. Rohn- 
stadt, Charles Schuchard, Charles O. Haywood., 
Peter R. Brady, Jo. Yancey, and many others who 
are' dead and forgotten. L. J. F. Jeager, at Yuma^ 
first packed the ore on mules. Then Tomlinson came^ 
from California with a train of wagons and Kentucky 
mules. The secretary went to London and brought 
out a "steam traction engine," and that finished the 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 23 

business. These companies always manage their bus- 
iness witli prudence and ficonomy? 

Charles D. Poston. 

The Picacho mine is in the Cababi mountains, 
twelve miles east of Quijotoa. If anything, this mine 
was worked a longer time by the Mexicans than the 
Ajo. The period when this was done may be judged 
by contemperaneous events. In 1748 work was com- 
menced on the Baboquivari gold mines. In 1820, 
when the Apaches compelled suspension, a depth 
of three hundred feet had been attained. The Pi- 
cacho mine was probably worked about this time. 
The ore w^as worked in arastras at Fresnal, some 
twenty miles south of the mine. 

In 1878 the Gunsight excitement broke out, and 
the country between there and Tucson was prospected, 
resulting in many locations being made in the Quijo- 
toa mountains. At the west base of Ben Nevis, 
Alexander McKay discovered an iron-capped ledge, 
which at the time he did not think was of much value. 
He tells the story of the discovery as follows: ''I was 
m that country in February, 1879, and saw some 
pretty good mineral indications, but could find noth- 
ing without it was some iron. I did not make any 
locations till Weldon had seen Governor Tritle's cop- 
per mine, the United Verde in Yavapai county; then 
he came back and located the Emerald. I would not 
locate in because I thought it was nothing but iron. 
Weldon went to work, and found beneath the iron 
capping lots of copper, which carried a large per cent- 
age of silver. I then put my name in three good loca- 
tions. I would not put my name on the Emerald. 
While doinof the assessment work on the Wadsworth 



24 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

I had been threatening for a long time to go on top 
of the mountain. The boys would laugh at me when- 
ever I spoke of it. As often as the time came to go 
something would keep me back. Finally one day I 
went up. I prospected around and filled my sack 
with good specimens, from what is now the Peerless 
and Peer ground. I went as far down the mountain side 
as I could on my return, but missed my way and fired 
off my pistol. The boys, working on the Emerald, ran 
out down on the hill-side below, and looking up, saw 
me on top of the clifi", hundreds of feet above them. I 
had to go back up the mountain and seek another 
place of descent. I finally got down with a large lot 
of ore. Roark said, 'What luck?' I replied, 'The Com- 
stock of Arizona is on top of that mountain.' The 
entire ledge on top showed the same kind of ore as at 
the bottom of the hill. A week afterwards we went 
up to make locations. There were Albert Weldon, 
James A. Poark, George Teitsworth and myself We 
made these locations May 11, 1883. We also located 
in W. C. Davis and Martin Medley. We took some 
of the rock to Tucson, and it assayed $1,500 to $4,500 
per ton. We got $2,500 for five tons shipped to the 
Benson smelter. 

"George Teitsworth climbed with me part of 
the way, and then went off down towards the Otter 
Slide where he saw some mountain lions, while I con- 
tmued up to the top of the mountain. When I re- 
turned he had been down sometime. The next week 
we all went up together." 

From May till December, the time of the sale a 
force of men, sometimes as many as twenty was kept 
constantly at work. Lowering works were con- 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 25 

structed to let the ore down over the bluffs on the 
east side of Ben Nevis, and hoist the supplies. Con- 
siderable ore was taken out, and shipped with profit 
to the different smelters. The Lofran well was com- 
menced and sunk to a depth of 110 feet. The mine 
paid from the start. 

The discovery made quite a stir in mining cir- 
cles, and gradually began to attract the attention of 
San Francisco capitalists, prominent among whom 
was W, S. Lyle, Without letting anyone know of 
his coming, he suddenly appeared one October day 
on top of the Peer mine, and surprised all hands by 
his presence. He sampled the claims, and bonded 
them for fourteen days for $450,000. From Tucson 
Mr. Lyle telegraphed Messrs. J. C. Flood and John 
Mackay the results. J. B. Low, of Virginia City, 
Nevada, was sent down, and after examining the 
mines reported favorably. In answer to telegrams 
W. C. Davis and Alexander McKay went to San 
Francisco, and held an interview with J. C. Flood. 
At the latter's request Hank Smith and W. H. Pat- 
ton returned with Davis and McKay and made a final 
examination of the mines. On their return to Tucson 
from the Quijotoas the bargain was closed by tele- 
graph. This was on December 7 , 1883. One week 
after the Peer, Peerless Weldon and Combination 
mining companies were incorporated in San Francisco 
for the purpose of mining for precious metals and re- 
ducing ores in Pima county, Arizona, with the prin- 
cipal place of business in San Francisco, and terms of 
existence fifty years. The capital stock for each of 
such companies is $10,000,000, divided into 100,000 
shares each, at a par value of $100 per share. The 



26 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

board of directors for each company are James L. 
Flood, president; George R. Wells, secretary; R. H, 
Follis, J. B. Low, and George Frier. Following 
is the stock actually subscribed for each company: 

K. H. Folli 5 shares 

James L. Flood 49,090 

George R. Wells 5 

J. B. Low 5 " 

George Frier 5 " 

James C. Flood 49,990 

THE CROCKEH 

Was located, as the south extension of the Peerless, 
on May 12, 1883, by D. H. Crocker, F. A. Adams, 
F. Litchfield, M. m'. Bruce and H. B. Tenney. The 
ore croppings show plainly the length of the whole 
claim, averaging in width from ten to fort}^ feet, and 
assaying from $25 to $855. In some places great reefs 
of solid ore rise up to a height of thirty feet. An 
abundance of horn and native silver is in all the crop- 
pinjijs. August 1, 1883, Crocker sold his undivided 
one-fifth interest to Aaron Mason for $500. January 
11, 1884, the owners sold their entire interests to P. 
P. Cunningham for $120,000. He ^transferred the 
same to James L. Flood, January 16, for $10 and 
other valuable considerations, and Flood in turn sold 
it for the same on January 22, to the Crocker Mining 
Company. This incorporation was effected January 17. 

The directors are: William S. Lyle, president; 
George R. Wells, secretary; R. H. Follis, Charles H. 
Fish and George Frier, who each subscribed 20,000 
shares at $100 per share. 

The entire purchase made by the bonanza com- 
panies are as follows: The Crocker consists of the 



QUIJOTOA C3UIDE BOOK. 27 

mine of that name. The Peerless includes the Peerless, 
Shield, Good Cheer, 5:20 and Intervener. These mines 
are on the east side. In the Peer incorporation are 
the Peer and Wide West, on the west side, and the 
Ibex, Outlet, Little Cholla and Horn, on the east. 
The Weldon consists of the Wadsworth, Cholla, 
Wedoje and Cliff; while the Combination in- 
cludes the mine of that name and the Josh Billings, 
on the west side. For all of which they paid the 
munificent sum of $570,000, of which the locators 
took 32 per cent in stock, and a very large cash con- 
sideration for the remaining 68 per cent. Since then 
the original locators have unloaded a portion of their 
stock at an average of $7.50 per share. The compa- 
nies to date (April, 1884) have kept their stock locked 
up. The amount of stock subscribed for each of the 
five companies is $10,000,000. As the shareholders 
in each mine are the same, the mines located nearl}'^ 
in a body, and all under one supervision, they may be 
looked upon as une company, representing $50,000,000 
capital stock. This may be said to be one of, if not now, 
the heaviest mining corporations on the Pacific coast, 
or the whole United States, or for that .iiatter in the 
world . 

W. H. Smith was appointed agent for all the 
five bonanza companies in Arizona, and at once be- 
gan work, A good horse trail was constructed from 
Logan up to the Otter Slide on the east side, and 
two foot-trail? were dug on the west side of Ben 
Nevis, and about the middle of January, 1884, the 
first actual prospecting' was begun by the driving of 
tiiree tunnels into the bowels of Ben Nevis, with a 
view of ascertaininof: 



28 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 



1st. — If the bonanza vein goes down. 

2d. — To discover other bodies of ore that may 
exist. 

3d. — To make room for the employment event- 
ually of a large force of labor. 

The next month (February) a tunnel was com- 
menced on the east side of the Crocker, and a winze 
on the Peerless. 

The Prospector says : By favor ot Hank 
Smith we were shown some assays from the 
Peerless winze, taken from near the surface. 
The figures were $584.49, $507.18 and $184.77. 
The latter was a peculiar looking red rock, 
apparently a sort of spar, wiiich one would hardly 
expect to assay anything. This was also Mr. Smith's 
opinion, and he had several assays made to verify the 
above figures. We took a sample of this ore with us. 
Two later assays from this winze at a depth of 
14 feet, gave $244.10 and $322.40. An average of 
thirty to forty pounds from near the surface yielded 
$203. G2. From a four foot cut on the Peerless, Mr. 
Smith got an average assay of $1,500. Several as- 
says have given from $2,000 to $3,000. This is a 
splendid showing. If such a grade of ore in the 
quantity which is visible on the surface, should ex- 
tend to any depth, the Quijotoa mines will prove 
themselves to be the grandest deposit of silver ever 
discovered." A mill assay of Peer and Peerless ore 
was made in San Francisco last January, (1884), by 
J. C. Flood, under his personal supervision, and 
showed no bases of any kind. The ore is a carbon- 
ate and sulphide of silver, mostly the latter, with horn 
silver runninef all through. 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 29 

Samuel A. Maulove, then editor of the Arizona 
Daily Citizen, published at Tucson, visited the bonan- 
za mines in October, 1883, and wrote as follows: 

"What I am now about to write, though for 
publication as a newspaper report, it is not as such 
reports are usually made. During the past six years 
I have, perhaps, examined as many mines for parties 
with a view to purchase, and have traveled over as 
many miles by team, stage, and railroad, as almost 
any one in the territory, and have, I think, condemn- 
ed as many mines in Arizona and Sonora as any one 
who ever went in search of properties for legitimate 
investment; and, while I am not begging for believ- 
ers, I think that those who know me will at least give 
me credit for stating facts, as they appear. It will, 
perhaps, be best for me to describe 

MOUNT BEN NEVIS, 

Through which the principal lodes extend. This 
mountain is one of the Quijotoa range, though com- 
pletely detached on the southeast, and is only con- 
nected with a low range of hills to the northwest. In 
reality, Mount Ben Nevis is a distinct mountain, 
1,500 feet higher than the neighboring plain, and 
about seven claims, or 10,500 feet in length. It may 
be cut anywhere at the base by a tunnel a quarter of 
a mile in length, and in my judgment can be so cut at 
a depth of from 500 to 800 feet below the outcrop on 
the top of the ridge with a tunnel from 300 to 500 
feet in length; and at one point immediately south of 
the house, near the dividing end line of the Peer 
from the Peerless, either lode can be cut at a depth 
of 500 reet with 100 feet or less of tunneling, and a 



-30 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

tunnel of 300 feet will pierce the mountain through at 
the same depth. The average width of the ridge is 
about 300 feet, though it varies, and at some places 
is not more than 100 feet wide. The first 800 feet 
from the base up is at an angle of about forty-five de- 
grees, and from this point up to the apex of the ridge it 
is nearly perpendicular. The opposite side of the Peer 
and the north half of the Peerless is even more pre- 
cipitous, and the precipice is nearly or quite 1,000 
feet high; but at the southeast end of the Peerless 
nline the cliff seems to have broken down, and it is at 
this point that the foot trail leads up on the west 
side of the mountain. From here southeast to the end 
•of the mountain, a distance of over a mile, the palisade 
is broken dovvn, leaving; a rouo^h surface, which can 
be scaled only with great difficulty. • It is, as near as 
may be judged, 4,000 feet above sea level, and one of 
the most rugged spots 'in Arizona, With this prelim- 
inary description I will endeavor to carry the reader 
with me down to the lowermost point that can be 
reached on the northwest end of the Peer mine,where 
there is a short cut in the solid rock about 300 feet 
Jong and about 50 feet wide, which assumes the form 
of a miniature canyon where it jumps the precipice, 
which is believed to be about 1,000 feet high. There 
we began the examination of the 

PEER MINE, 

On the brink of the precipice, where it shows a ledge 
four feet wide. At this point it is 200 feet below the 
apex of the ridge. The lode runs right up the point 
of the ridge, passing on the west side of the same for 
a distance of 600 feet; here it runs along the west 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 31 

side of the precipice, where a cut is beintr run and 
some fine ore is being taken out. The outcrop of the 
ledge, from the northwest end to this point, is regu- 
lar and strong; it varies, as near as can be determined 
from a surface examination, from four to six feet in 
width, but at the cut above referred to the ore vein 
is five feet wide and not yet cut through. The cut is 
about twelve feet deep. Assays from the breast of 
this cut gave $361.20 in silver per ton. 

"The lode continues, near the west brink of the 
precipice, to the southwest end line, where the Peer- 
less ground begins. The lode the entire length, from 
the bep-innino; at the northwest end to the end line of 
the Peerless, is continuous, and good ore can be 
broken off almost anywhere along the outcrop that 
will go from $50 to $4,000 in silvei per ton. 

"the peerless mine. 

"This mine, which begins where the Peer ends — 
as will be seen by the diagram— has two distinct lodes- 
at the northwest end, varying in width from four to 
six feet, and two smaller ones from 20 inches to three 
feet, embraced within a width of sixty feet. About 
1,000 feet from this point all of the lodes seem ta 
come together, forming one large lode that continues 
good and strong to southeast end of the claim. There 
being no work done on this portion of the claim it is 
impossible to give the accurate width of the vein after 
the lodes unite, but from the surface indications it 
must be six feet or more. It was here that Mr. 
McKay's hat blew off, one day last August, and fell 
down the side of the precipice and lodged in the bram- 
,bles some seventy feet below. Not relishing the idea 



32 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

of going bareheaded during the somewhat warm days 
of an Arizona summer, Mr. McKa}^ insisted on going 
down after his hat, so the boys let him down with a 
rope and he recovered his hat. But not satisfied with 
recovering his head gear, he insisted on doing a little 
prospecting while suspended in mid-air. H'e broke a 
piece of rock from the wall of the precipice and then 
called for the boys above to "pull away." On arriving 
at the surface they found it to be good ore, had it 
assayed and the figures were $3,600 per ton in silver. 
Three open cuts are being run at the northwest end, 
near the rope tramway. Two of them are on the east 
lode which are but a few feet deep. The other is on the 
west lode, and is down on the breast about fifteen feet, 
showing a vein between four and five feet in width of 
excellent ore. I took samples from the breast of this 
cut which assayed $359.72 in silver per ton. 

*.Ai. Jf, 41, .11, 

•7T" •TV* •TV" "TV* 

"The owners of the Peerless group of mines have 
had forty-two assays made of ore from the mines, of 
every species of ledge matter, embracing all kinds of 
ore to be found in the mine in order tliat they might 
Isnow what the different grades of ore wouldgo, as a 
;guide in assorting the ore, and the average of the 
forty-two assays was $471 in gold and silver. Usually 
no gold is found, but in some places it runs as high 
as $30 per ton. 

^ ^ ^ 

Passing down on the west side of the moun- 
tain, is the ChoUa, Wadsworth and Josh Billings, 
promising silver prospects, and the Wedge, Emerald 
and Murray copper mines, which, as will be seen by 
referring to the plat, lie between the Cholla, Wads- 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 33 



worth and Josh Bilhngs, and the Crocker and Moun- 
tain Goat which are continuations of the Peer and 
Peerless mines. It is certainly a strange freak of 
nature to find a vein of copper between two silver 
veins, yet it is so, and what is more, it is a very 
promising vein of copper ore. My examinations were 
chiefly confined to the 

EMERALD COPPER MINE, 

which is the best developed, and one of the hand- 
somest mines I have seen in Arizona. There are two 
open cuts on the north end; the lower cut is in about 
fifteen feet, breasting up about twelve feet in depth, 
showing a most beautiful vein of solid ore eight feet 
wide, that will go from 15 to 20 per cent in copper 
and about $60 in silver per ton. About 150 feet 
higher up is another larger cut showing up a twelve- 
foot vein of similar ore which goes a little less in cop- 
per, but yields a higher rate of silver. Messrs. Mc- 
Kay, Weldon and others who own the Emerald, are of 
the opinion that it will run to silver, and that the 
copper will give out as depth is attained. In view of 
its location in the midst of silver mines, this theory 
may prove correct; but whether it does or not, it is 
a prospect worth holding onto, and if it goes down as 
it has begun, will prove a very valuable property. 

St. 4t. -Ur -it 

'* -TT TV- -TV" 

CONCLUSION. 

*'No man can tell what is under the ground. 
One man can see as far into rocks as another, and 
while the judgment of some men in mining mat- 
ters is better than others, we have learned that all 



34 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

are liable to err; and that the best mining experts are 
often at fault. So after all, we can only speak of 
what is in sight and let future developments tell the 
rest. The formation of the Quijotoa mines is in por- 
phyry, which splits vertically showing but few hori- 
zontal fissures; the lodes are in place with a slight 
dip to the east; the mineral is found in quartz, spar 
and porphyry; the capping is quartz; much of it has 
the appearance of conglomerate, which is caused by 
oxydation. The mineral belt is extensive, the ore 
is free and there is every reason to believe that the 
mines will go down. As will be seen from the plat 
all lodes run to the Peerless mine, and the same kind 
of ore is found at the base of the mountain on the 
Cholla, that is found on the Peerless over 1,000 feet 
above. I do not believe in mountains of ore; I have 
never yet seen one, but Mount Ben Nevis comes as 
near to it as I ever expect to see. The Peer and 
Peerless, have more ore and of higher grade, than I 
have before seen on the surface, and it will be 
strange indeed if it does not go down. I am of the 
impression that a great mining camp will spring up 
here, but the time has not yet come for people to go 
in. 

AN expert's opinion. 

Col. Chas, W. Tozer, a well-known mining ex- 
pert of the Pacific coast for the past twenty-five 
years, says of these mines: "They are situated on 
an isolated mountain composed of porph^-ritic rocks 
Avhich rise abruptly to heights varying from 1,600 to 
1,800 feet. Along this ledge extends the principal 
ore channel. It is a free milling ore, and can be 



QUIJOTOA (iUIDE BOOK. 35 

worked by ordinary processes without washing. The 
ores contain silver, carrying a small percentage of 
gold. From the limited amount of work done upon 
the mines, and which work was confined to the Peer 
and Peerless locations, being the property recently 
purchased by Mr. Lyle for himself and others, I may 
sa.y, in general terms, that tlie principal vein is from 
sixteen to twenty feet wide, and in places wider, and 
never in the course of my observation on the Pacific 
coast have I seen a more promising prospect. That 
may seem to be strong language, but it is true, and 
I repeat it, I never in Arizona or on the coast 
saw anything like it. Nobody can possibly believe it 
till they have seen it with their own eyes, as I have. 
My individual opinion of the future of the property 
is that it will take rank among the great mines of the 
country; I was going to say in the world, but people 
abroad will dislike to believe that. The croppings 
are strong and prominent for three thousand feet, and 

FOR THE ENTIRE DISTANCE 

carry ore of sufficiently high grade to pay fair profit 
for mining and milling. In many places quite large 
bodies of high grade ore appear. 1 was among the 
the first on the ground at Tombstone. In strength 
of lodes and richness of ore the surface of the Quijo- 
toa mines compare favorably with the Tombstone 
mines in their early history. At the same time the 
geographical formation in which the Quijotoa mines 
occur indicate to me, as did the Tombstone mines, 
both permanency and value. The character of the 
ores at Quijotoa is identical with that of mines else- 
where, in this and other countries, which have proved 
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36 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

permanent to a de[)th which human ingenuity could 
devi.se means to explore. The geological forma- 
tion in which the ores are found is identical with the 
formations surrounding the most permanent mines 
in the world. Experts have examined the Quijotoas 
that have visited the richest and oldest mines of 
Mexico, Europe and South America, mines that have 
been worked for centuries, and never gave any indi- 
cation of exhaustion, and these experts pronounce the 
Quijotoas their equal." 

A THIRD EYE-WITNESS. 

L. C. Hughes, editor of the Arizona Daily Star, 
visited tlie Quijotoa mines last February (1884) and 
wrote as follows: 

"The mines are located on Mount Ben Nevis, 
which, on the east side, rises almost perpendicular out 
of the valley about 1,200 feet. The summit is over 
6,000 feet long, lying north and south. The west side 
has more of a terraced form, with various perpendicu- 
lars of from fift}^ to two hundred feet. The south end 
is also perpendicular almost 1,400 feet. The north 
and has a more gradual slope, but is too steep and 
rugged for ascent. In cloudy weather the summit 
buries itself in the clouds, and during the afternoon 
the gulf breeze wafts across its crest. To climb to 
the summit is now comparatively easy, inasmuch as 
there is a good trail cut on both the east and the west 
sides of the mountain, windinaf around at easv irrades. 
The east trail being the most accessible foom the 
camp, is the most popular. The journey by this route 
is made generally on horseback up as far as the Otter 
Slide, and within sixty feet of a swag in the ridge of 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 37 

tli'e mouiitaiii, which is overcoine by ladders. It is 
wear this point, on the summit, tlie quartz ledge conies 
lULjd on the south end of the Crocker claim, which was 
a-eeently purchased by the bonanza people for the snug 
ssiiOiof $120,000. A few days since, in company with 
Mank Smith, the superintendent, we made the trip 
hy (the route designated, for the purpose of forming 
.^ome idea of tlie extent and general appearance of 
tfche Quijotoa group of mines. The Crocker is the 
.southern claim in the great vein. Here the ore crop- 
jsings show plainly the full length of the mine, aver- 
jftging in width from ten to forty feet, and samj)led all 
the way from $25 to $855. Some places the vein 
rises up a great reef of solid ore. The Peerless adjoins 
tthe Crocker, and shows almost a mountain of ore. On 
this tliei^ are six different cuts and openings, showing 
lbeautil<uil ore. In fact, on all sides of the openings 
Eiothing but ore can be seen, and the same may be said 
of the dump. The quantity of mineral in sight on the 
JBeerless battles description. To appreciate it one must 
•go on th'e ground. The vein in width runs from 20 
to 140 feet of apparently solid quartz. Scalp the crop- 
pings wh'ere you may, the bright, lively mineral shows 
inp. Near the northern end of the claim there is an 
(Opening made on what appears to be the west side of 
the vein, a distance of at least 140 feet from the east 
side of the croppings and about 250 feet below. The 
<lrift is run in alongsideof the vein, with a perpendicular 
wall of ore over sixty feet high. The drift, which is 
five feet wide, averages over $3,000 per ton. The 
.ground above has the appearance of a solid mountain 
*®f quartz, and the fact that the openings on both sides 
of iliis vast body shows fine stratification, would nat- 



38 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

urally lead to a positive conclusion that such was the 
tact. A great many samples taken from tlie cropping 
at different points on the Peerless gave a general 
average of over $250 per ton. When the magnitude 
of the croppings are taken into consideration, the 
general average of its richness appears incredible, but 
facts are stubborn things. On the north end, and 
within thirty feet of the east side of the perpendicular 
of the mountain, a cut fifty feet in length, six feet in 
depth and twelve feet wide, is opened, showing a well- 
defined vein with perfect itratification. This opening 
was made by the discoverers, who extracted the ore for 
shipment, and none but second-class ore is on the 
dump, from which an average sample gave a fraction 
over $160. An average of the cut gave over $257. The 
Peer adjoins the northern end of the Peerless. The 
vein and croppings keep up their general appearance 
of strength. There are five different cuts, all of which 
show the same character of ore and a well-defined! 
vein to the northern line of the claim, or where the 
mountain slopes into the valley. At this point is an 
indication worthy of notice. At the northeast encH 
there is what is termed the "horse's mouth," a deep? 
cut of 150 feet or more, at the bottom of which the 
vein is plainly defined, showing beautiful ore, which 
sampled $40 to $650 per ton. The ore found at this 
depth on the end of the mountain, taken in connection 
with the formation, which shows a well-defined strat- 
ification along the entire length of the great croppingSi 
wherever openings have been made, appear to be goodl 
reasons for believing that the ore will continue to ai 
great depth. The outcrop of the Cholla is from twenty 
to fifty feet in width. The character of the ore iB 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 39 

chloride and horn-^ilver. The formation is porphyry, 
exactly the same as the famous Comstock. The trend 
of the vein is northerly and southerly, and appears to 
be about perpendicular. In answer to the question of 
the probability of the vein j^oing down, Hank Smith 
answered, "If this vein don't go down it is a most 
wonderful freak of nature; for," continued he, "wher- 
ever a cut in the vein has been made the stratification 
shows plain, and the deeper the opening the more 
emphatic is the stratification." One of the most strik- 
ing features of Mount Ben Nevis is the great mass of 
porphyry running up perpendicular (as before stated) 
1,200 feet. Why this has not crumbled or fallen away 
appears to puzzle the casual observer. Su])ejintendent 
Smith advances a reasonable theory. He claims "the 
mountain is one immense porphyry dyke, which has 
been held in place by the vein or ledge, which, in his 
opinion, from the magnitude of the quartz which break 
through the dyke, gives it firmness and strength." 
This is probably the most plausible theory. Previous 
to the purchase of these properties the original owners 
had prospected the claims for rich ore. \n prosecut- 
ing their work they took out over 1,000 tons, most of 
which remains on the dump, as they did not ship any 
under $450 per ton." 

OFFICIAL REPORT BY W. H. SMITH. 

Superintendent's office. Peerless Mining com- 
pany, Quijotoa, A. T., April 5th, 1884. To George 
Frier, Esq., secretary Peerless mining company; 
Dear Sir: During the week ending April 5th, 1884, 
tunnel No 1. has been advanced 15 feet, making a 
distance of 125 feet. The face is in a stratified por- 



40 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

phj'ry, of a very favorable character; Crocker tunnel 
has been advanced 14 feet, total distance 104 feet; 
the rock in the face is heavily iron stained, with 
streaks of quartz running through it which looks very 
favorable. Tunnel No. 2 is in 118 feet; only 9 feet 
has been run durina" the week owing to some of the 
men being sick; the face is in porphyry mixed with 
streaks of quartz, and from general appearance I think 
we are near the vein. Tunnel No. 3 has been ad- 
vanced 12 feet during the week, total distance 104 
feet. The face is in a favorable looking porphyry, and 
from general appearance better progress can be made. 
Tunnel at the Horse's Mouth is in 25 feet and no ma- 
terial change since last report. The winze is down 58 
feet; it has been sunk 11 feet during^ the week and 
looks about the same as when I last reported. The well- 
borers are down 430 feet and slow progress is being 
made, 6 feet per day. The bottom is in cement. To- 
tal number of days work done in and about the vari- 
ous mines during the month of March, 1,150 days. 
Respectfully, W. H. Smith, Sap't. 

NORTH PEER COMPANY. 

This company was incorporated February 27, 
1884, under the laws of the State of California, with 
principal place of business at San Francisco, to mine 
and mill at Quijotoa. Following w^ere the original 
subscribers: 

George Hearst 100 shares 

Joseph Clark 

George O'Brieter " " 

George W. Grayson " " 

Nixon Palmer 99,100 " 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 41 

The par value of the shares is $10 per share. The 
company's ground includes the Sheep's Nest, Kem- 
nant, and North End locations, all of which imme- 
diately adjoin the Peer on the north. The present 
board of directors are Nixon Palmer, Joseph Clark, 
Stephen Roberts, Alexander Rutherford and J. B. 
Low. The co.npany is driving a tunnel at the base ot 
the cliff on the North End, and at tlie present writing 
(April) are in over 40 feet. They expect to reach 
the bonanza vein in about 100 feet, and already have 
been gratified in finding quantities of paying ore. 
Superintendent Toppy Johnson has on a force of 
men, and they are pushing a tunnel with great vigor 
to tap the ledge in the center of the northern end of 
the mountain. Foreman McComas thinks that they 
are about to cut the ledge, as the formation is more or 
less mineralized, assays from which give a result of 
$45. Three shifts will be put on the mine. A 
double compartment shaft will be started and work on 
the tunnel continued. A portion of the company's 
ground, called the Sheep's Nest, located on the I3th 
day of November, 1883, by Harry Daggs, is one of 
the best on Ben Nevis mountain. The company in- 
tend pushing work with the utmost vigor, and men 
from time to time will be init on as room is made for 
them. Developments will be made on this mine with 
as much rapidity as on the properties adjoining it. 



OTHER MINES. 

SILVER GLANCE. 

The Silver Glance mine, owned hy Dr. S. F. 
Gladwin and R. P. Elliott, is situate about five miles 



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northeast of Logan City. It is a very promising mine. 
Surface or what is called cropping assays, gave $263.58 
silver and $25 in gold per ton, certainly a splendid re- 
sult. The ledge is visible the entire length of the 
claim, and wherever prospected has a remarkably 
fine showing. That it is a true fissure vein is quite 
apparent, and the sams one that extends on into the 
Brittle Silver, thence on through the Discover3\ The 
Silver Glance is now being worked, and with present 
indications the mine will doubtless prove to be one of 
the very best in all the Quijotoas. It joins the Brit- 
tle Butte, which in turn joins the Brittle Silver. 

DISCOVERY. 

The Discovery mine is also owned by Dr. S. F, 
Gladwin and R. P. Elliott. • It joins the Brittle 
Silver on the south. The ledge is not as prominent 
on the Discovery as on the Silver Glance, but it is, 
no doubt, covered up, as it lays on lower ground, sim- 
ilar to the Brittle Silver, which has not much surface 
indications, but it is turning out some wonderfully 
rich ore. The developments already made on that 
valuable property is very conclusive that the true fis- 
sure vein of the Silver Glance passes through the 
Brittle Silver on into and through the Discovery. 
It is predicted by good judges that the Discovery will 
also prove to be an excellent mine on account of its 
being located in the direct course of this remarkable 
vein. 

THK SPICER 

Mine is about twelve miles north of Covered Wells, 
and two miles west of the Papago village of Santa 
Rosa. A prominent ledge crops on an isolated hill, 



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43 



near the foot of a slate and porphyry range, in which 
the Christmas Gift is situate, about ten miles further 
north. Croppings plainly show the whole length of 
the claim. In each of the eight places where it has 
been opened, it shows well. The ore is poly basic, 
carrying silver in many different forms, alsofree gold. 
The vein runsfrom southeast to northwest. The 
hill upon which the mine is located is an ancient 
Papago burying ground. Wells Spicer, of Tomb- 
stone, is the owner. 

THE MAHER 

Is a south extension of the Spicer, showing similar 
ore, and the Bright runs parallel on the east. A well 
has been dug in the bed of an arroyo, about two 
hundred feet from the mine, where plenty of water 
was found at eight feet. Wood is plenty, but there 
is no feed. The hill is supported by a heavy quartz 
ite dyke, and bears considerable resemblance to the 
Quijotoa. An assay of the galena ore by Mr. Walker 
gave $247 in silver; assays in gold from $17 down. 
All assays give considerable copper and lead. Much 
higher assays have been obtained from other varieties 
of rock. The mine is close to the new road from 
Quijotoa to Maricopa, and about forty-five miles from 
the latter place. Work is being pushed forward on 
the Maher mine, two shifts being kept at work. A 
cargo of ore has been sent to Casa Grande for sliip- 
ment, and there are about fifty sacks on the dump 
awaiting shipment. A large body of gray carbonates 
has come in sight. 

HALE FELLOW 

Mine is owned by F, W. Wilman, and is 2,500 feet 



44 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

north of the Peer. It shows a 2-foot ledge. The ore- 
stratas are from fifteen to eighteen inches wide. It 
joins the Mineral Bed, which latter joins the North 
Peer company's ground. Some beautiful gold speci-*" 
mens have been taken out. The croppings can be 
traced for three thousand feet, and are located by 
three claims, including the Hale Fellow. Assays 
run from $50 to $2,000 per ton in silver. 

SILVER BULLION 

Was discovered from some rich float shown by a Pap- 
^go, and was located January 4, 1884, about three 
miles north-east of Covered Wells, by Edward J. 
Williams and Jasper Hilburn. The vein disclosed 
native siver and was from four to six inches wide. 
They took out $12,000 in a depth of 16 feet. The 
owners of the Silver Bullion shipped 938 pounds of 
ore to the Selby smelter, San Francisco, and re- 
ceived about $6,000 in return. The railroad com- 
pany refused to accept the ore as freight, and com- 
pelled the owners to express it. At a depth of thir- 
ty feet the bonanza vein has disappeared in a body 
of chlorides. The main shaft is now down thirty- 
two feet in fine ore, and has a pay streak of five 
inches of 30 per cent silver ore. 

HARD LUCK. 

This mine is on the same vein as the Discovery, 
Brittle Silver, Brittle Butte and Silver Glance, and 
is about six miles north of Logan City. The ledge is 
about three feet wide. A 22-foot shaft is down, all 
the way in ore. The crop]iings assayed $5. The first 
assay down on the ledge went $75. Another assay, 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 45 



at a lower depth, went $333. The black metal in the- 
ore assays 82,900, and there is a good proportion of 
this. The ore is silver-bearing. Harrison Daggs, J. 
Randolph, E. J. Willkinis and J. A. Hilburn are the 
owners. 

BRITTLE SILVER. 

This mine was discovered December, 1883, by 
Louis Ezekiels and John Dawson, five miles north of 
the Peer mine, on a flat between some foothills on 
east side of the Quijotoa mountains. The croppings 
were found on the west bank of an arroyo, and assayed 
at the grass roots $73.21 per ton in silver. A mill 
assay went $287.53 per ton in silver. Three assays 
averaged $2,078. Similar results were obtained on 
about two tons shipped to the smelter at Pueblo, Col. 
The vein for a part of the way down is not so rich as at 
the start, but at a depth of twenty -three feet has grad- 
ually opened into a 17-inch vein of chlorides, which 
is surrounded by rich ore and protected by a gouge 
from the hanging wall, which here for the first time 
shows itself Several cuts along the croppings of the 
vein show just as rich ore. Horn-silver is of frequent 
occurrence. This mine has paid from the start. Louis 
Ezekiels, John Dawson, S. H. Sondheim and K. 
Baum are the owners. 

CASA GRANDE CHIEF 

Lies to the south of and joins the Locomotive, and 
approaches close to the Peer, on the west side of the 
latter, and is owned by William Morrison and W. D, 
Smith. The ore is about the same character as the 
Locomotive. Mill assays of the whole ledge are said 
to go $130 in silver with strong traces of gold and 



46 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

copper. The ledges run north and south the whole 
length of the claim. On this ground are great boul- 
ders, which have rolled from ^the top of Ben Nevis. 
Some of them are many feet high, and must weigh 
several tons. They all carry more or less ore. One 
small boulder, weighing some 1,500 pounds, was blown 
off the edge of the palisades by the bonanza locators 
last summer while they were prospecting and bounded 
oft' through space to its present abode. In October, 
1883, S. A. Manlove broke oft' a piece of this boul- 
der and grave it to W. A. Rickard for an assay. The 
result w^ent $2,816.55. At this rate the boulder is 
worth $1,893, but at a fair estimate may be valued 
at $1,000. There is a. large cave on this claim which 
will hold twenty men standing.. 

PALO VERDE 

Joins the Cortez on the south. Its ore vein crops 
out along the north bank of an arroyo that runs up 
into the knob-shaped peak on which is the Cortez. A 
12-foot shaft shows a six-foot vein of carbonates of 
lead and copper oxides carrying silver. This mine 
was located in 1881, and the time allowed to run out. 
It was relocated last summer wlien merit was found 
in the claims on Ben Nevis. Assays go $30 per ton 
in silver and 60 per cent. lead. Alexander McKay, 
W. C. Davis, A. Weldon, J. A. Roark and J. A. 
Buffner are the owners. 

QUIJOTOA. 

This mine is owned by H. B. Murray and C. H. 
Home. It is appropriately named, as it is located on 
the very apex of Quijotoa peak, from which the range 
of mountains and mining district take their names. It 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 47 

adjoins the Mountain Daisy on the north, a narrow- 
strip between it and the Crocker, and the Big Sun- 
flower on the south. The biggest assays have been 
$700 per ton in silver. D. H. Crocker found on itf^ 
rocky bluflfs some $2,000 rock. A tunnel has been 
driven in twelve feet, at a depth of 500 feet below 
the summit. 

LOCC MOTIVE 

Was located May 3, 1883, by H. B. Murray, W. C 
Atkinson and C. H. Home, The last disposed of hi& 
undivided one-quarter interest in December, 1883, to 
Aaron Mason for $10,000. From the Peer mine 
there is a peculiar jut of high rocks which run out 
northwesterly from Ben Nevis, and terminate as 
abruptly as the mother mountain itself. At the base 
of the cliffs of this spur is the Locomotive. A vein 
has been opened along the base of the cliff. Twenty 
assays averaged $1,528 in silver and $45 gold. One 
piece went $8,000. The ore is sulphides, gray carbon- 
ates and horn-silver. 

CHIEFTAIN 

Mine is three miles west of Covered Wells, and is 
owned by J. Smith and M. Redding. The ore is a 
galena, rich in silver. The lowest assays went $87 
per ton in silver and 75 per cent. lead. 

SUNRISE 

Claim is one is one and a half miles east of Coveredl 
Wells and is owned by Chalmers Scott, George E, 
Gray and M. M. Bice. The crroppings are fine, and! 
the owners regard it as a first-class smelting propo- 
sition. 



48 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

HARD SHELL AND SILVER ALECK 

Are owned by W. M. Haiiimerstrand, and have shafts 
thirty and forty feet deep. Eighty tons of ore are 
on the dump. Some of this will go $300 per ton in 
silver. These claims are near Covered Wells. 

BOSTON 

Ts situated at the south end of Quijotoa mountain, and 
:about throe fourths of a mile from the bonanza mines. 
'The owners are Aaron Mason, Fred Adams, ]j. H. 
«Crocker and A. Weldon. A. 20-foot shaft shows a 
isolid ledge of carbonate ore three feet wide. 
iSixty tons of ore are on the dump. The main ledge 
lias bean traced and located f^r a mile north of the 
Locomotive, and two miles south of the Quijotoa. 

EDINBURG 

Is an extension of the Emma, and lies three miles 
north of the Peer mine. The ore is a carbonate, and 
assays $175 per ton in silver. John Lawrence, T. 
L. Stowe and J. L. Scott are the owners. 

THE CORTEZ 

Adjoins the Palo Verde on the north and runs up on 
the top of a high, knob-shaped hill about two miles 
south of Quijotoa peak. It is owned by H. B, Mur- 
ray and C. H. Home. The assessment work has de- 
veloped a fair body of carbonates of silver running 
^50 per ton and 20 per cent, copper. 

STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 

This claim lies upon the flat north of the Peer 
and is apparently upon the same ledge. Its ore is a 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 49 



gray carbonate of silver. Robert M. Howland & Co. 
are the proprietors. Two six-foot shafts have un- 
covered a fine vein. 

EASTERN ROSE 

Comes right out of the south end of the Quijotoa 
mine, and is owned by John Young. It shows good 
ore. 

STEPHENS 

Mine is about two miles south of Logan, near the 
Silver Vault. It has a t\vo-foot vein of lead carbon- 
ate and galena. Andrew Stephens, D. Shaw, John 
Youno- and James Dumas are the locators. 

GOLDEN RULE 

Mine is three miles north of Logan City, and is 
owned by B. C. Shane and C. M. Aitken. Assays of 
the croppings are given at $49 per ton in gold and 
$487 in silver. 

BLACK PRINCE 

Joins the Golden Rule, and is owned by Wilman & 
Johnson. The ore is a silver glance. They also have 
a claim called Silver Glance. 

BRITTLE BUTTE 

Was located by L. D. Chillson, J. C. Perry and 
others. It is on the came vein as the Brittle Silver 
and Silver Glance. Its surface croppings are strongly 
impregnated with iron oxides. 

THE COSMOPOLITAN. 

Mine is three miles south of Covered Wells, and 



50 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

is owned by George F. Meek, J, Madero, Frank 
Cobler and M. W, Perry. It was located by General 
Manuel Madero, and subsequently became the prop- 
erty of the above named parties. It has a 10 and a 
12-foot shaft. The ore-vein is 22 inches wide. As- 
says average $60 per ton in silver and ten per cent, 
copper. 

CHLORIDE CAMP. 

This camp is situated near Covered Wells. S. 
G. Williams, writing to G. W. Baker, of Tucson, 
says: " Our mine here has improved beyond my ex- 
pectations. We are down 30 feet, and have a 20-inch 
vein in the bottom filled with chloride, horn silver, 
sulphates, and malleable silver, nearly pure. With- 
out any exception it is the finest vein of silver ore I 
ever saw. I think the ore on the dump will net us 
$5,000. The malleable silver is scattered through 
the rock so that it is impossible to make any approx 
imate guess on the ore. The bonanza folks were up 
to look at it, and took an average piece of the high 
grade, and it assays $6,000. A piece I sent to Mr. 
Ay«rs went $11,000." 

THE SUNRISE. 

This is one of the last rich strikes made in the 
Quijotoas. The Sunrise mine is located about four 
miles north oftha Peer mine on the west side of the 
Quijotoa mountains. Assays, made from this 
mine go $7,935.49 gold and $824 silver. The 
ore is free milling. Pobert Canon and Ben P^^att 
are the owners. They also own the rest of the same 
group as follows: Beecher, Garfield, Sunrise and 
Pearl. They have a force of men at work develop- 



QUIJOTOA (lUIDE BOOK. 51 

ing the mine, and are piling the ore on the dump 
ah'eadv tor shipment abroad or to the first custom 
milh No mill assays of this ore have yet been made, but 
from the high character of the assays it is confidently 
expected that mill tests will be very satisfactor}', 

NORTH END. 

Upon a survey of the Peer mine, in the Quijo- 
toas, it was ascertained that there was surplus ground 
to the extent of about 1,100 feet within its north end 
line. This surplus had been located .by Messrs. 
Rutf. Allen and Lewis, under the name of the North 
End, and deeds were exchanged between the Peer 
mining com23any and the ow^ners of the North End, 
settling boundaries. This claim commencing at the 
top of the mountain, at the Peer's north end line (as 
settled) extends down the mountain to the south line 
of the Mineral Bed claim, the original north end line 
of the Peer and being directly on the line of the large 
ore body of the Peer, is the onl}" portion of the north 
end of the mountain not ow^ned by the Bonanza com- 
pany. Its owners have refused several offers, and 
are holdmg for the bonanza developments to become 
farther advanced. It is a desirable propert3^ 

BILK. 

Situated in the Quijotoa range, about five 
miles northwest of Quijotoa. Locators: Blackburn, 
Turner and Edson. Rich stephanite ore is being 
taken from a 10-foot shaft. A surface assay gave 
$89. There are two feet of rich ore at the bottom of 

the shaft. 
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52 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

THE PEACOCK. 

This claim adjoins the Dover on the south, and 
is owned by H. B. Murray, C. H. Beckwith and Ma- 
lachi Moran. The assessment work recently done 
has taken out some fine rock, which assa3^s well in 
copper and silver. 

THE SILVER VAULT 

Lies two miles south of Logan City, at the end of a 
short spur of hills that lun out southeasterly from 
the Otter Slide, on Ben Nevis. The mine has a 
showing of lead carbonates and galena, and is the 
property of George Seay, A. T. Geary and Ben 
Morton. 

LONE INDIAN. 

Louis E. Scholl, Joseph Deering and John Harr 
are the owners of this excellent prospect, which is 
about five miles north of Logan, and has a 2-foot 
vein that assays well in silver. 

THE GOODENOUGH. 

This is an excellent prospect at Hanson's camp, 
and is a side extension to the Silver Crown, which 
is the north extension of the Jersey Lily. The crop- 
pings are rich in galena that runs about $50 in silver. 
This mine has recently been bonded to a Tucson com- 
pany, who propose to go to work immediately, and 
develop the mine. C. H. Vosburgh, Green Rusk, 
Henry Hanson and Doc Kodgers are the locators. 

MAJORS AND SOUTHAVEST. 

These two claims are extensions of the Peacock 
prospect in the Quijotoa mountains, and are the prop- 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 53 

^rt}^ of Messrs. John Young and Charles T. Connell. 
Both claims have good ore in the croppings. It is 
pr.oposed to soon commence work on them. 

THE MEIKLE 

Miiie is situate about four miles northeast of 
<Quijotoa, in a syenite and porphyry formation. The 
ore is galena, carrying at the surface from $15 to 
$20 in silver. The ledge is 16 to 20 feet in width, 
^and crops plainly the whole length of the claim. It 
as situate on what is known as the Horseshoe Bend. 
The owners are James Meikle, F. Broeman and Jas. 
JMatth«ews. 

KUN KAN MINE. 

Alexander McKay and M. J. Sullivan are the 
proprietors of this mine. It is in the Cababi moun- 
tains, about 18 miles east of Logan, and is close by 
the famous old Picacho mine. It is an old gold mine. 
The ore was worked in an arastra by Mexicans. 
There are 100 tons of ore on the dump, which assays 
•$100 per ton in silver, and $25 to $33 in gold. The 
«ore is free milling. 

THE ARIZONA MINE 

Is a quarter of a mile from the Bonanza mine, near 
C^over^ed Wells, and is owned by Peter Dunphy, and, 
like the California, has the same character of ore as 
the Bonanza. Several shafts down on an average of 
7 feet show an abundance of ore that will average, it 
is said, $50 per ton in silver. 

CALIFORNIA. 

This claim is owned by Peter Dunphy, and is 
tJjr£e-(qiiarters of a mile north of the Bonanza mine. 



54 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

It shows a large body of ore of the same character as 
that in the Bonanza mine. 

MONO, 

Near Covered Wells, is owned by Messrs. Burns 
and Eyimar. The ore is a silver-copper glance that 
assays $141 per ton in silver and 44 per cent, copper. 

KING 

Is located about seven miles north of the Peer, and 
shows a laro^e, well developed ledge of carbonate ore. 
T. Strain, Campbell & Co. are the owners. 

THE COMOBABI MINES. 

The coming bonanzas outside of the Quijotoa 
group is, by knowing ones, said to be the Hercules, 
and Monarch mines, situate" on the western slope of 
the Comobabi mountains, owned by Messrs. Stahl, 
Smith and others. The ledge was discovered and 
located in January, 1884. The croppings are said to 
be enormous, and stand up in four immense chim- 
nej^s. The mine proper lies in porplwry, and is be- 
lieved to be a true fissure of hornsilver and bromide 
ores. Men have been taking out ore. The extremely 
high grade will be shipped to Benson for reduction,, 
while that known in comparison with the first 
as second grade, is being stacked for future reduction. 
All the work thus far has been done on the intersect- 
ing line of the two claims, where the showing is said 
to be much similar to that of the Silver Kinof. Water 
is found in abundance within about three-fourths of* 
a mile of the claims. The owners have cut a wagon 
road from the Covered Wells to the claims with a 
view of hauling out ore, it being their intention to 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 55 



anake the mine pay for its own development. Con- 
siderable rock is beinof taken out that will averao-e 
$250 to the ton. Assays have been made that go as 
high as $8,000. 

BONANZA. 

This mine is owned by Messrs. Howe & Co., and 
is five miles north of Covered Wells. It was dis- 
cevered in the summer of 1882. The ledge is visible 
for twenty feet in width. A fifty foot shaft is said 
to be all in ore. A cross-cut is being made. Assays 
have gone as high as $600 and $700 in silver and 3 
per cent copper, and average $70. The ore is free 
milling, and gets better in character as it goes down. 
There are 150 tons of ore on the dump, 

MAHAR. 

This mine is northwest of Covered Wells, and is 
owned by J. M* Jordan and John Meyers. Pros- 
pecting has developed a 30-inch vein that assays 
$30.05 per ton in silver and 5 per cent copper. The 
■ore is free milling. 

BLUE .JAY AND BANKEr's DAUGHTER. 

These two claims lie just north of Logan city, and are 
owned by B. C. Shane, C. M. Aitken and William H. 
Perry. They run parallel with the Twilight mine. 

JERSEY LILY 

Is the center of a group of claims in the Horseshoe 
Bend, four miles north of Logan. A. H. Hanson 
and C. H. Fry, are the locators. It exhibits a three- 
foot vein of carbonates and petanque which are said 
to go high. Assays are reported from $100 per ton 
in silver up. A deed was recently placed on record 



56 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

for a sale of one-sixth of an undivided half interest 
for $15,000 in this claim. Fry sold his undivided 
half for $5,000. All who have seen the Jersey Lily 
ledge pronounce it to be one of the choicest claim!? 
off Ben Nevis. The Silver Crown is the north ex- 
tension to the Jersey, and upon the same ledge. The 
Goodenough is a north side extension of the Silver 
Crown. The croppings show galena. The Valley 
and Padre's Dream adjoin the Silver Crown on the 
south. The Padre's Dream has a good showing of 
mineral. 

GAH-KOTKH 1 and 2 

Are the first and second extensions east of the Jer- 
Lily, and have produced as high as $90 rock. It has 
a 20-foot shaft in a quartzite ledge, which runs 
through 'placer ground, Chas. R. Wores, B. A. 
Stephens, Ed. P. Fish and C. H. Vosburgh are the 
locators. 

GREAT REPUBLIC 

Group^lies in the Artis hills about twenty miles south- 
east of Quijotoa, and is generally known as the Arm- 
strong Camp. The ore is a chloride and perfectly 
free milling. Five assays made by W. B. Walker, 
gave the following results: $304.84; $153.99; $452.53; 
$271. 32,^ and $590.80, average, $350 per ton in silver. 
Messrs. Lyons and David Armstrong are the loca- 
tors. 

THE PLACERS. 

Scattered along in the gulches of the Quijotoa 
mountains are placer grounds, which are full of holes, 
that go down to the cement a depth of ten to fifty 
feet. Local tradition says they were worked by the 



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57 



Mexicans from 1774, to the breaking out of the Cali- 
fornia excitement in 1849. Padre Manuel Lopez is 
said to have utilized the docile Papagos for this pur- 
pose. It is said that the red colored soil of these 
placers will average $5 per ton. The lack of water at 
present renders them worthless. It is not known 
where the Mexicans procured water to work them as 
much as they did, but it is very probable that the 
Mexican batella was kept going by water the Papago 
squaws brought from the tanks in the . valley*. The 
placer grounds have been located by quite a number, 
some of whom propose to keep them till a water sup- 
ply is obtained from wells. Messrs. Hibbard, Casa- 
nega and Phy have brought out a dry- washer from 
Tucson, and propose testing its efficiency on the dirt. 
On account of the recent continued wet weather they 
have been unable to work their machine, as the pro- 
per conditions require the soil to be perfectly dry. 
The dirt is thrown into a hopper, and discharged in- 
to a series of shaking sieves. A bellows blows away 
the coarse particles of dust, while the gold falls be- 
low. In some instances these machines have been 
known to pay as high as §40 per day, requiring only 
the labor of two men. The success of this machine 
in these placers is being looked forward to by a great 
many with hopefulness. If it does succeed, there 
will be many hundred acres of placer ground worked 
over before the next rainy season sets in. The Qui- 
jotoa placers in all probably cover 100 square miles. 

PAPAGO CHIEF 

Js about three miles north of the Peer mine and on 
the wept side of the Quijotoas, but ten miles by wag- 



58 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

on road. The rock assays from $80 to $1000 per ton 
silver. There is said to be two well defined ledges on 
the Papago Chief, each about two hundred feet wide, 
and in addition report says the entire hill is a mass 
of silver bearing quartz. The company has a good 
frame building and complete assaying apparatus. A 
well, 105 feet deep, affords sufficient water. F. W. 
Voll, of San Francisco, is supei'intendent. A large 
amount of work is being done on this mine. The 
ore is free milling. 

SILVER CHIEF 

Is in Horshoe Bend, and is owned by Tom Fitch, W. 
B. Horton, Hugh Farley, Seli.ii Franklin and C. H, 
Vos burgh. The principal value of this claim is its 
great quantity of low grade ore, which assays on an 
average of $35 per ton in silver. It is a free milling 
proposition. 

BOSS RACKET 

Is located in the South Mountain, and is owned by 
W. E. Steele and others. The ore is a carbonate. 
Two assays went $53.42 and $61.27 per ton in silver. 

FRENCH 

Mine is near Covered Wells, and is now owned by 
Dr. J. B. Grady, of Logan City, who bought out the 
interest of disagreeing partners. There is a 15-foot 
shaft down on a ledge with a 17-inch pay streak of 
rich chlorides, which assays $496 per ton in silver 
and 35 per cent lead. There are three tons on the 
dump. 

WINNIFRED 

Is on a parallel ledge to the Cosmopolitan, about five 
miles north of Logan. The ore is a free-millins; car- 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 59 

bonate. Assays average $35 per ton. Selected lots 
go $500. Louis E/ekiels, B. A. Stephens, John 
Dawson and others are the owners. 

PAPAGO PLACER 

Is in the valley about two and a half miles north oi 
west of Logan City. Besides the pay dirt, the cement 
assays $40 in gold. Charles B. Wores, Charles Ban- 
som and B. A, Stephens are the owners. 

RICE GROUP. 

M. M. Bice owns a group of claims near Covered 
Wells. They are called the Barnell, Bapago Maid 
and Ada C, and join the Silver Aleck. The ore is 
free milling and a chloride. 

MOUNTAIN CHIEF 

Is an old Mexican mine in the Cababi mountains, 
fifteen miles southeast of the old Bicacho mine. The 
workings are down 120 feet, and are stoped out on 
either side fifty feet on the vein, which is from six 
inches to three feet, with an average Avidth of two 
and a half feet. The croppings are visible for 1,500 
feet. The dump has twenty-five tons of ore that will 
average $75 per ton in silver. The vein assays from 
$4.71 to $223.26. A general assay is $68.80 in silver 
and $5 gold. Five picked tons on the dump will go 
$250 per ton in silver. 

LA CUMPRIE 

Mine is in Horseshoe Bend, four and half miles north 
of Logan City, and is owned by Nazario Ortez and 
George Wiley Brown. Its ore is of the same general 
character as the rest in the neighborhood, being a 
sufficiently high grade petanque to pay for working. 



60 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

INDIAN CHIEF CO. 

Was incorporated in San Francisco in March, 1884, 
to operate in mines in Quijotoa. The capital stock is 
$1,000,000, divided into 100,000 shares at $10 per 
share. The board of directors are: George Cuniniing, 
S. S. Dolliver, C. E. McNear, Andrew Weeks and 
J. M. Buffiington. 

ASCEJSCION 

Mine is two and a half miles south of Covered Wells, 
and is owned by A. G. Buttner. It has a large vein, 
carrying silver. The Independence mine has the same 
owner, and averages $50, silver, 

A VALUABLE GROUP. 

Three miles north of the Peer mine, on the west 
side of the Quijotoa mountains, is a group of mines 
owned by George T. Martin, L. F. Rowell, Alexander 
Campbell, J. B. Hume and J. E. Walker. The ore 
is free milling. Average assays are about $100 in 
gold and silver. The claims are known as the Emma, 
Lulu, Smith and Thistle. Assays from this group 
have gone from $1,800 into the thousands. 

SILVER QUEEN AND RED SLATE 

Are in the Arties mountains. Those two mines are 
being systematically developed by their owners, 
Messrs. Rebhun, Glenn, Ikenberg and Norynian. 
There are several shafts on these mines that vary 
from fourteen to twenty-eight feet in depth. The vein 
is six feet in width, and is well mineralized. 

MICA SLATE RANGE. 

The Spicer district, which covers the Mica Slate 
range, is about seventeen miles distant from Quijotoa. 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 61 

Among the most promising properties located there- 
are the Spicer claim, Silver Jim, Louisa Byron, Hid- 
den Treasure and the Mahar. From the latter claim 
ore assaying $900 to the ton is heing shipped. A 
shaft is now being sunk on the Silver Jim, which 
assays $250 per ton. 

SILVER WAVE. 

M. L. Wurtz is one of the owners of the Silver 
Wave mine, in the Arties mountains. They are now- 
down on the property about fifteen feet, with a 2-foot 
vein of good ore. Development work is being done 
all through the district, and the mines are looking 
well. David Armstrong is shipping ore from one of 
his claims. 

FERNANDEZ 

Mine is in the Cababi mountains, east of Quijotoa, 
and was formerly owned by Messrs. Hill De Armitt 
and George A. Brown, of Florence, Arizona. It sub- 
sequently became the property of Aaron Mason, who 
in turn sold it to James Edward & Co., of St. Louis,. 
Mo. Mr. Edwards incorporated the company in St. 
Louis, and all stock reserved for a working capital 
has been sold. The property has been developed to a 
considerable extent, and it is said there is $10,000 
dollars' worth of ore on the dump. 

THE SARAGOSSA 

Was discovered in June, 1882, by Phil Garcia and 
E. Burruola. It subsequently became the property of 
Mr. Garcia and C. C. Stephens. It is located about 
thirty-seven miles southwest of Tucson, on the west- 
erly slope of the Sierritas. Its ores are copper glance. 



62 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

carrying silver, sulphurets and chlorides, copper oxides 
and carbonates, carrying some free gold. Assays as 
as high as $1,100 per ton silver and 61 per cent cop- 
per have been taken from the vein. About 200 tons 
of ore are on the dump, averaging 19 per cent copper, 
seventy ounces silver and $1.50 gold. The shaft is 
down forty feet, all in ore. Fifty feet of the ledge has 
been stripped, southerly from the shaft, eighteen feet 
deep, all in ore. The gangue is quartz, etc., well de- 
fined. No foot- wall has yet been found. The hanging- 
wall is well defined, and consists chiefly of talcose-slate. 
The ledge is in place and well defined. The conforma- 
tion is predominantly porphyritic. The owners are 
•confident that they have in the Saragossa one of the 
v€oming bullion producers of the Territory. 

SAN FRANCISCO. 

The San Francisco group of claims, in South 
Quijotoa mountain, are owned by J. E. Johnson, L. 
H. Newton and I)ana Harmon. The ledge is from 
4 to 10 feet wide. The croppings are 100 feet high, 
.and the ore shute is 100 feet long. The group is on 
ithe extreme south point of the mountain, facing the 
■valley towards Mexico. The ore is black sulphates and 
silver glance. Assays go from $31 to $1,300 per ton 
in silver. The ore thus far gets richer as it goes 
down. 

CABABI. 

The Cababi Consolidated Mining Company owns 
the following group of mines: Grand Prize, First 
Prize, Littlefield, Little Monarch and Petanke. The 
company's office is 202 South Fourth street, Phila- 
jdefphia, Pa. Chas. P. Drake, of Tucson, is the resident 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 65 

agent tor Arizona. The mines are located 15 miles 
south of the old Picacho mine, and are said to have 
a fair showing of mineral. 

MURRAY 

Mine^ on the west of Ben Nevis, owned by H. B. 

Murray, Phelps and C. H. Horn, adjoins Aaron 

Mason's Emerald mine on the south. It assays welL 
in both silver and copper. 



WATER. 

The first water supplies were brought from Cov- 
ered Wells, distant 12 miles by wagon road, and the 
Indian trails, and the west-side wells. The Logaii 
well now affords plenty. The Bonanza company, at 
a depth of 452 feet, five miles east of Logan, found 
an abundance. A company has been organized to> 
pipe water from Baboquivari. There will be no lack 
of water. 

WOOD. 

The mesquite furnishes the best of wood-fueL 
The supply is inexhaustible. The palo verde also ex- 
ists in unlimited quantities. Wood is delivered at 
$5 per cord. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

At present the majority of freight goes fronu 
Tucson to Quijotoa at a cost of from 1 to 2 cents per 
pound. A considerable quantity is also hauled fronii 
Casa Grande. When the mills shall begin to run^ 
fares and freights will justify the building of a noj.- 
xow gauge railroad from Tucson. 



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THE TOWNSITES. 



LOGAN CITY. 

With the discovery of the mines on Ben Nevis 
last summer the Logan brothers (J. T. and W. R.) com- 
menced digging a well on the east side, and as this is a 
favorable location a little camp began to grow. Gen- 
eral Allen, now on the west side, first located here, 
but afcerwards sold his lumber and fixtures to W. C. 
Davis, who also assisted in digging the well, which at 
the time of the sale was down 110 feet. A location of 
seven mining claims was made August 4, 1883, by W. 
R.JJand J. T. Logan, and J. H. Shotwell. The Losfan 
City townsite was surveyed thereon byGeorge J.jRosk- 
ruge. The owners have leased lots for temporary occu- 
pation. Streets running east and west are 66 feet wide; 
those running north and south are fifty feet wide. 
Alleys, twenty feet wide, run Qiist and west through 
each block. The blocks are 300x260 fest. Lots are 
30x100 feet and 30x120 feet. The townsite embraces 
half a square mile, and is situated on the eastern 
slope of Ben Nevis, and consequently has the finest 
drainage of any town on the Pacific coast. The 
princijial streets are cleared of brush. In January, J. 
M. Quiggle took personal supervision of the boring 
of Logan well. April 8, 1884, water was found in 
abundance at a depth of 452 feet. The well had 
been sunk through a hard, flinty formation. 

The history of Logan embraces an account of the 
"boom." In December last, after the sale, people 
began flocking in and purchasing lots. The first few 



6G QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

sale sbrought $250 per lot. Six weeks after the same 
lots commanded $750 and $1,000, making it a para- 
dise for real estate dealers. People were warned 
against the *'rush." W. H. Patton, the general super- 
intendent, announced through interviews in the local 
papers that the companies would not be prepared to 
employ labor for six months or a year to come, and 
these interviews were reproduced by the Pacific press 
generally. Mr. Patton represented that the com- 
panies intended to first prospect the interior of the 
mountain by tunneling, and that the wood, water and 
transportation questions must also be settled before 
they could justly employ any large force of men. Al- 
though the press disseminated this information 
abroad it had little or no influence with a large, un- 
unthinking mass, who swarmed in at the rate of twenty 
to fifty per day till within six weeks after the sale 
there were over seven hundred laboring men in Logan, 
and without employment. The saloons were full of 
idle men from day to day. They had heard that 
Mackay and Flood had purchased the Quijotoa mines 
at a bio;- fioure, and that was sufficient cause for them 
to come. Privation forced the majority to seek other 
fields that gave promise of more immediate remunera- 
tion. Some remained and prospected, and have good 
claims. The result of the exodus has caused a tempo- 
rary lull. 

Meanwhile, Logan and New Virginia have built 
up into a solid mining camp. Logan avenue, which 
emerges into Main street in New Virginia, embraces 
three-quarters of a mile of finely-built one-story 
wooden houses, including half a dozen good-sized 
adobes. Messrs. Teitsworth & Ruftner have built an 



QUIJOTOA (UIIDE BOOK. 67 



adobe store, the second story of which is a lodge hall 
for Masons, Odd Fellows, Pythians, etc. The adobes 
made here are of a j)ecuHar red earth that is ot tirst- 
class material. At present there are nearly two hun- 
dred houses in cauij), includinjj^ the four adjoining 
townsites, and building has not slacked from the first. 
Every day sees the foundation of a new house laid. 
Living is as cheap in Quijotoa as in any other place 
in Arizona. Meals are from 25 cents to 50 cents, and 
and drinks 12:^ cents. Water is brought from Covered 
Wells and the west side of the mountains. The Pa- 
pagos supply milk and hay abundantly. Wood is to 
be had for the cutting, and costs, delivered, about $5 
per cord. Wild game, such as the mountain sheep, 
antelope, quail, rabbit, and the mammoth buro-deer, 
are abundant. The health of the camp is excellent, 
and the one physician, Dr. J. B. Grady, late of San 
Diego, Cal., but fornierly of Philadelphia, who has 
been there from the first, has had more time to devote 
to mines than to materia medica. The order of the 
camp has been perfect. A few "rustlers," who came 
in to spy out the land, were at the first given to un- 
derstand that the Logan townsite was at too high an 
elevation for their health. The first offender was 
corralled by that brave officer, Thomas D. Casanega, 
deputy sheriff. J. T. Griffith, justice of the peace, 
administered an allopathic dose of law, and for want 
of a jail the prisoner was chained to a ]>alo verde all 
night till the departing stage the next morning took 
him to Tucson. 

In February, 1884, Mr. Harry Brook, formerly 
connected with the Pinal Drill and San Francisco 
Wasp, began the pul)lieation of the Quijotoa Pros- 

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68 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 



pector, which has attained a good circulation, and is 
a faithful chronicler of Quijotoa history. 

Among the first to put up a neat business house 
on Logan avenue was J. S. Mansfeld, the pioneer 
newsdealer of Arizona, and thus offered the new camp 
as complete a repository of literature as can be found 
in the cities of centuries in growth. The newest 
books and leading periodicals on news, commerce, min- 
ing, manufacture, science, etc., are to be found on his 
counters. Mr. Mansfeld was a former resident of the 
Comstock, and came to Tucson in 1870, and has built 
up a business that fully and satisfactorily fills the 
growing field. In February, 1884, Alfred Gold- 
schmidt entered into partnership with him in the 
branch store at Quijotoa. 

C. S. Shotwell, who was the pioneer of Galey- 
ville, was also among the first here and has an excel- 
lent grocer}^. 

Hon. Douglass Snyder, member of the Legisla- 
ture from Pima county, was one of the first to plant 
his tabernacles in Quijotoa. His store has a large 
stock of general merchandise. The office of the Ari- 
zona telegraph compan}' is at his place. Mr. Snyder 
also has commercial interests at Tucson. 

NEW VIRCxINIA. 

December, 1884, the New Virginia Townsite 
Company took up their present townsite, which em- 
braces a quarter section immediately adjoining Logan 
Cit}' on the east, and is on the lower portion of the 
eastern slope of the Quijotoa Mountain. The com- 
pany consists of U. Johnson, manager; J. R. Hayter, 
assistant manager; Nixon Palmer, A. J. Frazer, E. 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 69 

W„ 13obbs, and Isidor Meyer. The town has fifty-six 
tblocks. Each block has a fourteen-foot alley running 
inorth and south. The streets are all of the even 
Nwidith of eighty feet. Those running north and south 
iar<3 (Called after the letters of the alphabet. Those 
iru.imiiiig .-east and west are numbered. The principal 
•streets have been cleared of the luxuriant growth of 
inaJtive brush, which pioved the fertility of the soil. 
Xote .running north and south are 30x100 feet, and 
tthose running east and west are 30x120 feet. The 
itowmsite company have a fine wooden office on Third 
:street, where either Mr. Johnson or Mr. Hayter, an 
;attoriiey at law, can always be found, ready to show 
itke ^visitor their plats and take him over their grounds. 
'jNew '^''irginia is already a lively town, having a fair 
;share of stores, saloons, nearly all the blacksmith 
;shops, bakeries, corrals and hotels. Here, on the cor- 
nier <?)f Main and A streets, is the lumber yard of the 
jVrizona and California Lumber Company, with F. 
H. Mason as general manager. The postofifice for all 
tthe Quijotoas has also been located at this spot by the 
lUnited States, under the name of Quijotoa, with F. 
JV. Stevens as postmaster. A daily mail service from 
'Tucson went into efiPect April 15, 1884, with B. Robles, 
|3ropriet0r of a line of stages, as contractor. Mr, 
Robles had previously the contract for a weekly mail 
ito Gunsight, which he still continues. New Virginia 
;also boasts of a first-class billiard room, I. A. Rose, 
iproprietor, Harry Newton also has a large corral 
100x1 aetfeet, kept by Knox & Seay. Frazer's "Head- 
iquarters ^saloon" is the place where spiritual refresh- 
mient is dealt out to the inner man, with Mr. Plummer 
;as iiiiyioJo^ist. John Campbell, ^Ir. Walker and others 



70 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

are building large adobe structures. P. Gautriaud has;^ 
a fine stock of groceries. 

Everybody in Arizona knows "Toppy" Johnson^ 
the tovvnsite company's manager. He is also superin- 
tendent of the North Peer company, and is racing; 
with Hank Smith after the bonanza vein. Toppy has; 
a curiosity, which he exhibits with botanical pride to 
every newcomer to the townsite. It is a prodigy, whichi 
takes equal rank with the Siamese twins, Carolina, 
nightingales or the two-headed calf. A few hundred! 
yards to the northeast of the company's office there; 
is an ironwood tree, a sj^ecies of very hard wood! 
of a growth peculiar to Arizona. About two feet 
above the ground a prickly pear cactus comes out of 
trunk of the aforesaid ironwood tree, and adds itsi 
sections one above another till the stout arborial arms-; 
reach underneath its upper stories and bear themi 
proudly aloft in the air. To see is to beheve, is ani 
axiom peculiarly applicable in this case. The oldl 
story about successfully grafting grapevines on cactus-? 
may be true, after all. The traveler to New Virginiai 
should not fail to see this wonderful vegetable curi- 
osity. 

For further information about this townsite see' 
their advertisement. Business and real estate arev 
lively in New Virginia. The Tucson stages first reachi 
here of an evening, and leave here last of a morning . 

VIRGINIA CITY AND BROOKLYN. 

These two townsites adjoin Logan and New- 
Virginia respectively on the south and north, as showm 
in the townsite plats. W. J. Doherty, W. R. Gleasom 
and L. D. Chillson are the proprietors. The lots and 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 71 

streets correspond in size with the other townsites. 
Brooklyn, which lies to the north of Logan and New 
Virginia, is composed of 159 acres, owing to its pe- 
culiar junction with the other townsites, while Vir- 
ginia, on the south, contains the full 160 acres. Both 
of these townsites are desirable locations. It is ex- 
pected that the stamp mills and reduction works of 
the bonanza companies may possibly be erected in 
Virginia City, and that also it may be the terminus of 
a railroad built from Tucson; bright hopes lor a young 
municipality, which it will injure no one and benefit 
many to be not long deferred. The drainage is ex- 
'Cellent in both of these townsites, and no fear of 
"mountain," "miner" or "malarial" fevers need aftlict 
the residents. Mr. L. D. Chillson, United States 
mineral surveyor, is on the ground with a force of 
labor, clearing stiec^ts and improving the townsite as 
;rapidly as possible. Virginia City has plenty of room 
to enlarge. Within its fertile environs the palo verde 
•and mesquite attain a goodly size. Beneath their 
pleasant shades the traveler finds cool refreshment 
from the summer's sun, while upward is to be seen 
the ribs and rocks of Ben Nevis, with his silver- 
plumed helmet. To the east the gigantic form of 
Baboquivari peak rears its inaccessible summit high 
into the heavens. Virginia City is beautifully lo- 
•cated. 

QUlJOTOA CITY. 

This townsite is laid out on the west side of the bo- 
'.nanza mountain and is owned by Charles H. Beck- 
with and George L. Rognon. The agent in Logan 
C^ity is J. M, Dessart. There are four wells, in and 



72 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

around this place, which have water. The wells are> 
30, 35, 81 arid|105feet deep respectively. From one^ 
of them sixteen barrels per day are hauled arouiidl 
through the south pass to Logan City, a distance of 
six miles. The 1 05-foot well was recently dug by 
General J. B. Allen, and has an abundant water supply. 
He proposes to sink this well still deeper. At pres- 
ent there are but half a dozen houses and a few tents- 
on the west side. The boom started on the east side- 
because of its nearness to Tucson, but will eventually 
come this far. The most ot the bonanza's claims are 
here. The townsite is excellent. A laro;e number 
of men will be employed in working the mines, and' 
here is where they will live as it is nearer their work.. 
Hence, there is bound to be quite a town on "Allen's 
side," as it is popularly called. 

General J. B. Allen, or "Pi«" Allen, as he is 
better know^n, is a pioneer of Arizona and a native 
of the state of Maine and is now sixty-six years old; 
and is hale and hearty. His eye-sight is undimmed 
and his strength has not failed. He was a resident 
of Tucson for twenty-two years. Six years he w^as^ 
Territorial treasurer, during which time he also acted 
as auditor,^and left the Territory only three hundred 
dollars in debt. In 1868, he built the first steam flour 
mill in Altar, Sonora, which yet runs. He early 
emigrated to California, and was once owner of a 
large ranch at Old Gilroy, and has been the pioneer 
of Tombstone, Bisbee, Gunsight and Quijotoa City, 
His hotel sets one of the finest tables, and his bar con- 
tains choice liquors. His theory is that in Southern 
Arizona water is found on the western slopes, citing 
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and Baboquivari mountains as examples. Accord- 
ingly he selected the west side of the Quijotoas as 
his hotel site, and it seems he has not been mistaken. 
No traveler, who visits here, should fail of going over 
to "Pie" Allen's camp. A horse trail leads around 
the north end of Ben Nevis; distance, three miles; or 
a wagon road goes through south pass; distance, six 
miles. The scenery on this side is worth viewing. 
To the southwest are the Nariz (nose) moun- 
tains where the Nariz Papagos live. West 
of Ben Nevis, in the fiir distance, appear the 
Gunsight and Ajo ranges. The intervening space is 
covered with cactus and greasewood. 

ARIZONA TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 

Recognizing the necessity of Quijotoa having 
electric communication with the outside world, Messrs. 
James H. Toole, Charles R. Drake, Don A. Sanford, 
Robert E. Kearon, Samuel Hughes, T. L. Stiles and 
Maisch & Driscoll, all of Tucson, in January, 1884, 
incorporated the Arizona Telegraph Company, an op- 
position compan}^ having monopolized the desirable 
title of Quijotoa. A contract was let to R. A. Starr 
and J. A. Biowder, who immediately began the work 
of construction, and finished April 2, 1884. The 
poles and wire are the same as used by the Western 
Union. The line leaves Tucson at the foot of Con- 
gress street, crosses the bottoms of the Santa Cruz 
river to the west, passes north of Warner's mill over 
a low hill, and through the pass between Sentinel 
peak and Fort hill; thence over some low hills through 
Boulder or Browder pass into the Papago valley. 



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Thence it runs straight to Coyote pass southwesterly, 
and thence goes across the Coyote valley to the Como- 
babi mountains. From the Indian village the line 
scarcely changes its direction. Its Quijotoa office is 
in the store of Hon. IJouglass Snyder. Commercial 
messages are ten words for 50 cents; press rates 2| 
cents per word in sums not less than 50 cents. Al- 
ready the line has paid expenses. The cost of con- 
struction Was $1 6,000. The length uf wire is 72 miles. 
The Tucson office for the present is at 18 Congress 
street. The officers of the company are: J. H. Toole, 
president; 1). A. Sanford, vice-president; R. E. Kea- 
ron, secretary; Chas. R. Drake, treasurer; and Messrs. 
Toole, Sanford, Drake, Driscoll, Stiles and Kearon, 
directors. 

THE PROPOSED WORKINGS. 

BY J. D. POWER. 

"Of the bonanza camp of Quijotoa so much of a 
desultory descriptive nature has been alreadypublished 
that it would just now seem a superfluity to refer to 
it, except in general terms, or do more than illustrate 
the workings on the hill. On the annexed diagram 
are shown the lines of the present and proposed de- 
velopment, with those now under way toward the lode, 
which will form connecting links in and through the 
lode with each of the tunnels, whose name, number, 
depth below out-crop of lode, and distance driven into 
the hill are given on the diagram and reproduced as 
follows: Peerless tunnel. No. 1, east side of hill, 450 
feet, vertical, below apex of clift', and driven 138 feet; 
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niit, and driven 129 feet in; Peer tunnel, No. 3, west 
side of hill, 400 feet (^own on slope and driven 123 feet 
toward the lode; Crocker tunnel, No. 4, east side of 
hill, 250 feet below crest and 120 feet in, and the 
horse-mouth cut, No. 5, or rather adit on the lode, 
north face of mountain, at a point 150 feet down its 
slope, and 25 feet in fine ore, at present writing. 
Four of the above are lateral intersecting- tunnels, and 
the fifth is a lineal one driven on the lode, and in ad- 
dition to these there is a winze on the top of the hill 
now over 80 feet deep in phenomenally rich ore, and 
being driven downward to intersect Peerless tunnel 
No. 1, at a point between the latter and Crocker 
tunnel No. 4, Let the reader draw upon his imagin- 
ation, and he will have the mountain 1,250 feet ver- 
tically from base to apex presented to his mind, as 
viewed from the east side. 

"In the diagram are also shown the course and 
distances of the proposed internal winze, upraise and 
drift connections, whose united distances approximate 
to 3,300 feet, and to the early completion of these 
proposed connections, to give air and facilitate eco- 
nomical exploration, the bonanza compan}^ will devote 
its energies under the direction of Superintendent 
Hank Smith. For several days quite recently the 
writer subjected Mount Quijotoa and its sur- 
roundings to a careful personal examination, and from 
what came under his observation he has drawn deduc- 
tions that promise a long and prosperous life to min- 
ing in the Quijotoa country The structure and 
geological characteristics of Mount Quijotoa strongly 
favor this conclusion, and assure the presence and 
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QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 77 

more or less broken continuity to profound cleptps. 
But should the future prove otherwise then a fig for 
analogical reasoning, "indications," and for the lessons 
of practical experience. Upon these, and upon the 
teachings of geology and mineralogy, but chiefly upon 
the three former, are capable mining operators and 
honest experts wont to predicate their judgments of 
the value of mining ventures of the character of those 
inaugurated on the flanks and crown of Mount Qui- 
jotoa. It was apon them that Mr. Lyle, president of 
the Crocker company, based his opinion of their value 
for a mining proposition of magnitude when he first- 
saw the outcroppings and the ore from them, 

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IN CONCLUSION, 

It is as well to remark that the merest tyro in the 
art of mining is competent to tolerably and accurately 
judge of how long it will take to complete the pro- 
posed connections shown on the diagram elsewhere 
alluded to, and not until these are well under way 
will the real boom take place at Quijotoa; but it is 
sure to come." 

COVERED WELLS. 

This is an important mining center 8 miles north 
of Logan, and is a good chloride camp. Three wells 
here furnish a great quantity of water. A townsite 
has been laid out here and is owned by M. M. Rice^ 
M. Redding, J. M. Kinley, R. D. Ferguson and M. 
J. Walsh. 

THE ROUTES. 

The Southern Pacific railroad, from Yuma to 



78 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

San Simon, is the "great artery of travel" through 
Southern Arizona. A wagon load has been marked 
out from Maricopa, due 70 miles north of Qui- 
jotoa. A tri-weekly line of stages is running from 
Casa Grande, due 63^ miles northeast of Quijotoa. 
'Tucson ia almost due east of Quijotoa G8|^ miles. 
These figures are taken from the maps in the Sur- 
veyor G( neral's office. 

Two lines of stages leave Tucson for Quijotoa 
every day, includmg Sundays, at 7 a. m.; fare, $10 
and $8. Both make the trip in eleven hours. The 
relay stations are to be seen in the map. The dis- 
tances on the stao-e road are: 

MILES. 

Tucson to Aguirre's 13 

Aguirre to Bowley 14 

Bowley to Dobbs 11 

Dobbs to Quinlin 8 

Quinlin to Haynes 12 

Huynes to Quijotoa 18 

Total 76 

From Tucson the road leads out past beautiful 
Silver Lake, with its magnificent new two-story 
wooden hotel. Then it plunges into the dark woods 
of the San Xavier reservation. A little ways beyond 
the ruins of an old Mexican smelter, the road 
emerges from the mesquite forests, and passes out 
between some low hills into Papago valley. To the 
left can be seen the old San Xavier church, with its 
•gray walls rising in the distance. At Aguirre's sta- 
tion, which is a dry camp, horses are changed. 
Straight across the valley is Bowley station, an eating 
station that gives a good meal. Near by is Bobles', 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 79 

or Spanish ranch. To the south Baboquivari 
peak is a prominent landmark. The Papaga 
valley is level as a floor. The road all the way ta 
Quijotoa is magnificent. From Bowley's the road 
leads up and around through Coyote Pass to Dobbs', 
or the Half- Way House. Dinner is taken here on» 
the return, and it is always a good one. E. W. Dobbs 
is proprietor. From Dobbs' the road leads around 
the skirts of the hills past the Papago village of 
Coyote to Quinlin's, a relay and water station. Thence 
the road goes straight across Coj^ote valley to the 
Comobabi mountairis, which it crosses at an In- 
dian village. From Haynes' well, at the western base, 
the road goes almost straight across Santa Rosa val- 
ley to Quijotoa. From the Comobabi the first glimpse 
of Ben Nevis, in all its greatness, is to be had, with 
Logan and New Virginia nestling on its side. 

CASA GRANDE. 

The distances on the stage route from Casa 
Grande to Quijotoa are about as follows: Casa Grande 
to Loss' station, 15 miles; to Jack Rabbit, 10; to 
Half-Way House, 7^; to Misers, 25; to Logan, 7|> 
total, 65 miles. It is an easy, good and smooth road. 

THE PHENIX AND QUIJOTOA ROAD. 

The route of the new road from Logan City,. 
Quijotoa, to Maricopa, on the Southern. Pacific rail- 
road, is as follows: Turning off about one and one-half 
miles east of Logan around point of mountain to the 
north and going in a northerly direction 1 7 miles to- 
Santa Rosa village. The Santa Rosa tank lies one 
mile east of the road, with plain wagon track to it. 



80 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

and is marked by a guide board. Thence north 4 miles 
there is another tank, about 100 yards east of the 
road, which is marked by a guide board. Thence 
north 13 miles to a point opposite the Christmas Gift 
mine there is a tank one mile east of the road. 
Another large tank 2^ miles east of the road is 
marked by a guide board. Thence 3 miles north to 
Woodward & Wilson's well, now being sunk. Thence 
in a northerly direction 23 miles to Maricopa station 
on the Southern Pacific railroad. This road lies across 
a mesa country and will not be subject to overflows 
during rainy weather. It has now been chained 
throughout its length and open for travel, being 
well marked with guide boards. 

Lincoln Fowler, for committee of Phenix and 
Quijotoa road. 

Wm. Kuff, J. M. Gregory, A. Golding, Com- 
mittee. 

NOTES. 

As an evidence of the thoroughness with which 
the Quijotoa mming oistrict is being prospecced, it 
niav be mentioned that somethinof over 1,500 loca- 
tion notices have been filed within the past six months. 
While some of these are merely "ground" locations, it 
is reasonable to believe that a large majority have a 
fair showing of mineral. 

At present there are no mills or smelters in the 
district. The bonanza companies will put up mills as 
soon as the requisite amount of water is obtained. 
There is a rich field for a custom mill or smelter at 
Covered Wells. Hundreds of small claims in the 
immediate vicinity can easily furnish an unlimited 



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amount, of ore. It is generally believed that a mill 
and concentrator will do better. Many of these 
mines are now being worked. The high grade ore 
($400 to $1,000 rock) is beino; shipped to the differ- 
ent smelters, while the low grade ($300 to $50) is 
dumped for future work at the mines. 

The bringing of water from Baboquivari will 
cause the placers to be worked, which will make a 
bigger and more gratifying excitement than Coeur 
d' Alene. Some beautiful specimens have been brought 
from the placers. 

PATENT YOUR MINES. 

The actual cost of obtaining a United States 
patent to a mine in Pima county is $360. This in- 
cludes everything, The law prescribes that $500 
worth of improvements shall have been expended on 
a claim before a patent can be granted. We venture 
to say that there are more than 500 claims in this 
county on which the necessary amount of work has 
been expended, and yet it never enters the owner's 
head to apply for a patent. 

Year after year they will pay out $100 in assess- 
ment work on each claim, often leaving this to be 
done by sharpers, who will "coyote" on the claim and 
dig holes where it can be done with the least exertion. 
Thousands of dollars are yearly wasted in this wa3^ 
It takes skill, systematic work and good judgment 
to show up a claim to advantage, and it is only 
in exceptional cases that assessment work will 
accomplish this. When a patent is issued to a 
claim, the owner can work his mine or not work it, to 



82 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

suit his convenience. There is another feature which 
must not be^lost sii>ht of. Blackniaihn<jf suits are 
impossible against a patented mine. The boundaries 
being clearly|defined, rich developments will not give 
professional blackmailers a chance to exercise their 
cunning and prevent an advantageous sale. 

A man who gets a patent to his claim shows the 
world that he has faith in his property. Capitalists 
do not often'understand the nature of possessory titles. 
They do not want to have a tumble-down pile of rocks 
called a monument, with a tin can containing a no- 
tice of location, to mark the boundaries of a property 
for which they are expected to pay a large sum of 
money. 

If our mine owners knew their own interests, 
they would avail themselves of our liberal patent 
laws and become absolute owners of their claims. — 
Tucson Index. 

THE LIEN LAW OF ARIZONA. 

An Act to establish certain liens for salaries and 
wages. 

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of 
the Territory of Arizona: 

Section 1. In all assignments of pro[)erty made 
by any person to trustee or assignees on account of 
the inability of the person, at the time of the assign- 
ment, to pay his debt, or in proceedings in insolvency, 
the wages of the miners, mechanics, salesman, ser- 
vants, clerks or laborer employed by such persons to 
the amount of two hundred dollars each, and fi»r ser- 
vices rendered within sixty daj's previously, are pre- 



QUIJOTOA (JUIDK BOOK. 83 



ferred claims and must be paid by such trustees or as- 
signees before any other creditor or creditors or the 
assignors. 

Sec. 2. In case of the death of any employer the 
wages of each miner, mechanic, salesman, clerk, ser- 
vant and laborer for services rendered within the sixty 
days next preceding the death of the employer, not 
exceeding two hundred dollars, rank in ])riority next 
after the funeral expenses, expenses of the last sick- 
ness, the charges and expenses of the administering 
upon the estate and the allowance to the widow and 
infant children, and must be paid before any other 
clai.ns against the estate of tlie deceased person. 

Sec. 8. In cases of execution, attachments, and 
Avrits of a similar nature, issued against any person, 
except for claims for labor done, any miners, mechan- 
ics, salesmen, servants, clerks and laborers who have 
claims against the defendant for labor done, may give 
notice of their claims and the amounts thereof, sworn 
to by the person making the claim to the creditor, and 
the officer executing either of such writs at anv time 
before the actual sale of property levied on; and un- 
less such claim is disputed by the debtor or a creditor, 
such officer must pay such person out of the proceeds 
of the sale the amount each is entitled to receive for 
services rendered within sixty days next preceding 
the levy of the writ not exceeding two hundred dol- 
lars. If any or all of the claims so presented and 
claiming preference under this section are disputed 
by either a debtor or a creditor, the person present- 
ing the same must commence an action within ten 
da3^s for the recovery thereof, and must prosecute his 
action with due diligence, or be forever barred from 

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QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 



any claim of priority of payment thereof; and the 
officer shall retain possession ot so much of the pro- 
ceeds of the sale as ma}' be necessary to satisfy such 
claim until the determination of such action: and in 
case such judpuient be had for the claim or any part 
thereof, carrying costs, the costs taxable therein shall 
likewise be a preferred claim, witli the same rank as 
the orioinal claim. 

8ec. 4. All acts in conflict v.ila tlio provisions 
of this act arc hereby repealed. 

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force 
from and after its passage. 

Approved February 17, ISS'l. 

THE BLUE JAY MINE. 

This mine is located in a spur of the Santa Ritas, 
on the north side of the ridge, and about twenty-five 
miles southeasterly from Tucson. 

The property is owned by the Mineral Mountain 
Mining Company, organized under the laws of the 
State of Iowa, capitalized at 100,000 shares, par value, 
$20. Officers, B. F. Karns, President; R. McDonald, 
Vice-President; M. T. Butterfield, Secretary; E. A. 
Gibbs, Treasurer. 

It has been almost a year since development was 
commenced, and the result is about seven hundred 
feet of workings in tunnels, shafts and drifts, with 
about 800 tons of ore on the respective dumps, which 
will assay over $100 to the ton in silver, and from $7 
to §12 in gold. 

There are seven openings on tbe property, the 
first, a drift, has been run in on the northwest end, 
and follows a vem of fine ore ranofintr froni two to four 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 85 

feet in width. At the end of ("he (h^ift a winze is be- 
iiiQ^ sunk on the vein, witli a view of eonnectino" witii 
the tunnel below. From the drift a large duni|i of 
high grade ore has been taken. 

To the south, and along the west side of the 
mountain, another opening has been made on the vein, 
which shows the vein from three to five feet wide of 
o"ood ore. Further on to the south and east is the 
main workino: shaft, which has been sunk on the vein 
160 feet, and which will connect with the south drift 
of the tunnel. This shaft has been sunk with the dip 
of the vein, and has a fine banging wall the whole 
depth, and at the bottom all of the shaft is in good 
ore, which will average over $100 to the ton. Theie 
are two large dump- piles of ore, in all probability 400 
tons. There are two other openings on the east side 
of the mountain, which appear to be on an entirely 
cliffej'ent vein of ore from that found on the west side 
and the summit of the hill, although the ore in charac- 
ter and richness is similar. 

The principal work has been done in the tunnel, 
the opening of which is something over two hundred 
feet in a perpendicular below the apex of the vein. 
This tunnel has been driven into the hill 320 feet, 
cutting a vein at 180 feet of low grade ore. At a 
little over 200 feet what appears to be the main vein 
of ore, which crops out boldly on the surface, was cut 
a few days ago, and showed a little over three feet in 
width, of ore, which averaged over $100 to the ton in 
silver. The tunnel was continued on for a distance of 
twenty feet with the view of reaching the foot wall. 
All of the rock taken out of tunnels north of the vein 



86 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 



carries considerable quantities of silver— sufficient for 
milling purposes. 

Drifts are now being- driven on the v^ ein both north 
and south from the tunnel. The south drift is in forty 
feet, and the vein has widened to six feet with a beau- 
tiful hanging w^all on the east side of the vein. Six 
assays made from the face of the drift gave an aver- 
age of $178 in silver, the lowest being $106.19. 

The north drift is in sixteen feet, commencing on 
three feet of ore. At six feet in, it widened to five 
feet, and at twelve feet the whole drift is in ore, with 
the west side of the drift in ore to what distance is 
not known. At this point the vein is probably about 
220 feet below the apex, with a solid mass of ore over- 
head along the length of both drifts. The fact is, the 
appearance indicates a vast chamber of ore, as the 
hanging wall is perfect and as yet no foot wall has 
been found. That this is the same vein which crops 
out boldly two hundred feet overhead there is little 
doubt, as the main shaft has been sunk down 170 feet 
in the vein and will strike the south drift, from the 
tunnel within the next few days. 

From these drifts there has been taken 300 tons 
of high grade ore; in fact there is not a pound of waste 
matter being taken from the drifts, and it is fair to 
estimate the dump is being increased daily, or every 
twenty-four hours, not less than $1,500. Two shifts 
are at work on both drifts in the shaft and the winze 
which is being sunk from the first mentioned drift. 

The formation is blue lime. The character of the 
ore is carbonate in black quartz; at a depth it becomesi 
of a brighter color and free milling. The trend of the 
vein is southeasterly, the dip is easterly with a per- 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 87 

feet hanging wall. The cost of development has not 
exceeded $30,000, and a fair estimate of the dumps 
as sampled shows, the ore extracted to be not less than 
$80,000. The company are grading their mill site, 
which is situated a quarter of a mile from the mouth 
of the tunnel, on a never failiuij stream of water. 
Wood is abundant. In fact everythina- appears to co- 
operate to the advantage of the Blue Jay mine. It 
has ore in abundance, plenty of water and wood. In 
fact it is a veritable bonanza. 

ORES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 

The longer time a person spends in the study of 
the resources of Arizona, and in one section no more 
than another, will he be more convinced that she pos- 
sesses capabilities which when developed will place 
her in the front ranks of her sister States. A thous- 
and testimonies could be adduced in proof of this 
proposition, but one will here suffice. The mineral 
cabinet of ores of Southern Arizona, at 106 Camp 
street, Tucson, the property of Charles R. Wores, is 
the evidence in question. For tw^o years past he has 
been collecting specimens from all the mines within a 
radius from Tucson of 100 miles, and has something 
like 1,500 labeled upon his shelves. They embrace 
every known metallic character upon the globe. Con- 
sidering the limited territory from which they were 
gathered, is this not wonderful ? Among the princi- 
pal metals may be mentioned gold, silver, copper, 
lead, tin, nickel, tellurium, iron, antimony, bismuth, 
zinc, etc. The first four are the only ones sought for 
by the prospectors. Colorado, Nevada or California 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 



cat)not show such a varied character of ores as South 
ern Arizona. C()|)[)er is found mostly in carbonates, 
and is best snjelted. In the Raj mine it is found in 
vast sheets. Silver is mostly in the form of chlorides, 
especially in the rich deposits. Lead comes in car- 
bonates and sulphurets. Gold is natixe or in c(»nibi- 
nation with silver. Placer nuggets are also large and 
abundant. Silver and copper are the principal pro- 
ductions. It is a well attested historical fact that iwo 
silver nuggets (planchas de plata) were found in the 
18th century in Arizona, which weighed respectively 
2,700 and 3,775 pounds avoirdupois. Iron is abund- 
ant, and is mostly found in combination \vith silver 
and copper, and in the form of oxide. A mine of 
hematite would be a fortune. In addition to the 
minerals in the cabinet are many precious, valuable 
and curious stones, such as diamond, ruby, amethyst, 
garnet, chalcedony, onyx, jasper, agate, marble, etc., 
with stalactites, etc. The cabinet is well worth a 
visit. 

BABOQUIVARI WATER COMPANY. 

Baboquivari is a Papago word, meaning "water 
on the mountains," and is applied to that section of 
country which culminates in the grand pile of rock 
bearing that name, and which has an altitude of some 
8,000 feet or more. This mountain is 36 miles due 
southeast of Mount Quijotoa, and 42 miles due south- 
west of Tucson. Its summit has thus far been inac- 
cessible. February 26, 1884, J. P. Culver, Louis Le 
Page and William Warford located the Quijotoa and 
Baboquivari millsites on two constant streams about 



QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 89 



seven miles north of Mount Baboquivari. Mr. Cul- 
ver soon bought out his partners, and then sold his 
entire interests to Alexander J. Chambers, WiUiam 
Beard and Charles J. Wimple and their associates. A 
line for a water pipe from the millsites to Quijotoa 
was surveyed in April (1884) by G. W . Richards, and 
is shown on the "Map of Boutts" by an added red 
LINE. Its direction is so near straight that it would 
take a large diagram to show the curves. Its length 
is 31.61 miles. The extreme lowest point is 1,695 
feet below the source, and is 4.35 miles from the head 
of A street. New Virginia, and the foot of Boskruge 
avenue, Logan Cit}^ This point in the valley is just 
338 feet below the head of A street, making the 
source 1,357 feet above Quijotoa. In the first 10 
miles the fall is a small fraction over ten feet to the 
mile, then the line runs for about six miles over an 
undulating surface nearly level; then there is a grad- 
ual depression some eleven miles till the lowest point 
is reached; and then comes the 338-foot raise to Qui- 
jotoa. It is proposed to lay a six-inch iron pipe, which 
will deliver 2,000,000 gallons per day in Quijotoa. 
The total cost is estimated at $115,000. The water 
will be sold for domestic, mining, agricultural and 
grazing purposes. The supply is simply inexhausti- 
ble, as the Baboquivari water courses have never been 
known to dry up. The line passes over a region the 
fertility of whose soil is witnessed in the wonderful 
growth of flowers and grass in March and April, and 
the mammoth size of palo verde and mesquite. For 
agricultural and grazing purposes it cannot be excelled. 
The company can supply any quantity of water at an}^ 
point along its line. It is also pur[)osed to work the 



90 QUIJOTOA GUIDE BOOK. 

Quijotoa placers with this water. Mr. Wimple and 
his associates have interested a sufficient amount of 
capital to carr^^ the work through to a successful com- 
pletion, and are already engaged in their laudable 
enterprise. 

WATCHMAKER 

P. F. Nilson, second door east of Wells, Fargo 
& Go's office. Congress street, Tucson, is a dealer in 
watches, jewelry and spectacles. Mr. Nilson makes 
watch repairing a specialty. Orders from the coun- 
try receive prom])t attention. 



ERRATA. 

For "em';' .v"' in pr<r>."i!i.{ e f-Hiixh line from 
bottom read "em*^'-^ . ...c." 

Page 62, line G, for "$1.50 gold," read "$12.50 
gold." 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 91 



Bay state Iron Works, Erie, Penn, 



NOBLE & HALL, 

Manufacturers of Stationary and Portable 

ENGINES 1 SOILEilS, 

Stamp Mills and Smelters, Single and Double 

Keversible Hoisting Machines, Mining 

Machinery and Supplies. 

General Southwestern Agents : 

Blake Crusher, Blaker Blower, Ingersoll Bock Drill, 

Bussell & Co.'s Circular Saw Mills, Knowle's 

Steam Pumps, Improved Howe Scales, 

National Tube Works Co , Boeb- 

lings' Sons Steel Wire Bope, 

SAFES, IRON ROOFING, 



Iron Turbine and Eclipse Windmills, Warrior Mow 
ers and Barbed Wires. 

ESTIMATES FUBNISHED. ■ 



S. ©. II4LL, Mamger, 



Branch House, Tucson. Arizona. 



92 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Virginia City and Brooklyn 




Quijotoa Mining District, Pima County, fl. T, 



The townsite of Virginia City adjoins the townsites of Logan an-^ 
New Virginia on the south and that of Brooklyn on the north. Both 
are desirable location-*, enpecially Virginia City, The lots and streets 
are the SHiue size as in the adjoining townsites. Virginia City is on a 
smooth iricliue to the east. The diainagt is excellent. Here will be 
eventually the terminus of the 



QXJIJOTO.A. PtJ^ILPtO^^ID, 

And the loeatiou of the 

Bona^nza. Oom.;pa.ny's DVCills 

Here is plenty of room for all. 

LOTS ARE DESIRABLE AND CHEAP. 

Corrflspondence is solicited before buyini? elsewhere. 

L. D. CHILLSON, 
U. 8 Mineral Surveyor. Quijotoa, Arizona. 

W. J. DOHERTY, 

Tucson, Arizona. 

W. R. GLEASON, 

Tucson, Arizona. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 9-^ 



Logan Townsite Company 



The Townsite is located on the eastern side of 

Ben Nevis. Streets running east and west are 66 feet 

wide, and those running north and south are 50 feet 

wide. The blocks are 300x360. Lots are 30x100 and 

30x120 feet, and are only leased for purpose of tem- 

porar}^ occupation. The townsite embraces one-half 

square mile. 

W. R. LOGAN, 

J. H. SHOTWELL, 

Estate of J. T. LOGAN, Deceased, 

Proprietors. 



"94 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



ARIZONA BREWERY, 

LOGAN AVENUE. 
JIEIi3IAXW LEI'TIEX, - - mOPBIETOR, 

Fresh Beer on Draught All the Time. 

FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. 

DRINK LEPTIEN'S BEER AND GROW FAT. 



B. ROBLES, 
U- S. Daily Mail Stage Line 

Between Tucson and Quijotoa. 

J. A. BROWDEE, AGENT, 18, CONGRESS 
TUCSON. 

D. SNYDER, AGENT, LOGAN AVENUE, 
QUIJOTOA. 

PORTER'^S^ HOTEL, 

At the Railroad Depot. 

The Best Hotel in Arizona. 

ENTIRELY NEW. 

Thirty new roome added. BlHck Wsluut Fninitnre. BatLrooms 
and clo-ets for t-'n^^lt^- B( aid b^ tbe Dby, ^ e* 1< atd INJr rib. 

The Itnge^t Mild most pit af-ant Diiniig-R((iru of any Hotel in Ari- 
zona. A tboronyb ventilation in all rooms secuieB a c< ol and even 
temperature. 

3IBS. A. A. JPOliTEIi, Vropvietress 

JOHN LAWRENCE & CO., Proprietors. 
TVCSON BEEli DErOT. 

Lo^an avenue. | Logan City, A. T. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 05 



C. SELIGMAN &C0., 

Wholesale dealers ia GROCERIES A.ND PROVISIONS. A full 

assortmeut of Fine, Fancy Groceries, Wionsaud Liquors kept in stock. 

No. 24., Meyer St. Tujsoa, Arizona. 



HO! FOR QUIJOTOA! 

THE OASA GRANDE AND QULJOTOA STAGE LINE 
Leaves Casia Grande Daily for the QuiintOHS, via. (Christmas Gift, 
Vekol, Reward aad Cop >8rosity Miniut; Oa ops -tiirou^h iu 12 hours. 
Casa Grande is the Riilrond Station for the above-named camps and 
Ouijotoa. Good road, good horses and fine coaches. 

E. A. SAXE, Supt. 



DENTIST. 

316 Congress street, Tucson. Has had 25 years experience. 

LOGAN AVENUE. 

General Merchandise. 

Miners Supplies, Cry Goods, Groceries, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars^ 

J. B. ALLEN. - - PROPRIETOR, 

QUIJOTOA CITY. 
West side Peer mountain. The Best of Bed and Board, Wines,. 
Liquors and Cigar.-i. Travelers over the hill will find excellent accom- 
modations here for man and beast. 
MEALS 75 ots | DRINKS 25 cts*. 

Palace Lodging House, 

LOGAN AVENUE. 

JOHN LEWELLEN, - PROPRIETOR.. 

Lodging 50 cts. and Sl.OO. Special rates by week or month. First 
class room and bed. ^___ 

O. O. -Allien 

Assayer, Logan avenue, next to Lewis house, Logan City, A.T. 



"96 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Pedro Aguirre & Co. 

Daily Stage Line Between Tucson 

Qiiijotoa, Calabasas, Arivaca, Oro Blanco, Esperanza and Sombrere- 
tilio. 

Good coHches, quick time. Leave Tucsoa every day, including 
Sundays for Logman City, at? a. m. Ketiirniuw, leave Lo^rHn at fi a. m. 
Leave for ('alabanas, Arivaca Oro Bl inco, E-<peraDza and Sombrere- 
tillo, Mondays, Wednesdays and Frid lys, at 7 a. m. 

FAKES: 

Between Tnc-'on and tb*^ Qnijotoas, S9; Oalibasas and Ariva'^a, S6; 
Oro Bianco, $7; Esperanza, $8; Sombreretillo, Sl2. Tbirty i)ound8 of 
baggage allowed. 

For futher information apply to or address 

C. B. SESSIONS, General Agent, 

10 CoNGKESS St., Tucson. 



LEWIS HOUSE, 



LOGAN AVENUE. 



C, LEWIS, - PROPRIETOR, 



Board $8 per week. 

Beds £0 cts. and $1 

Board and Lodging $12 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



97 






Maunfactured bv the 



GLOBE IRON WORKS, 



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lt^~One of these mills is dow running iu Gleason's corral at the foot 
of Congrees street, rucson. The public are invited to call and see for 
themselve«. 

Uorrespoudeuoe solicited. Address 

A. G. DYER, Tucson, or 
GLOBE IRON WORKS, 

222 & 224 Fremont St. San Francisco, Cal. 



98 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



CATTLE, LANDS AND INSORANCE, 



I have on hand and for sale at all times 

GRADED AMERICAN, AMERICAN, GRAD- 
ED SONORA AND SONORA STOCK 
CATTLE FOR SALE. 



Also Ranches with, or without Cattle, with 



water rights. 



Sonora Land Grants, from 10,000 to 54,000 
acres. Titles direct from Sonora Government. 



Insurance in A. 1. Board Co.'s at rates as 
low as is consistent with first-class indemnit3\ 





219 MEYER ST., TUCSON. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



99 



v_y 



IJOTOA CITY. 



The townsite is located on the west side of Ben 
Nevis, six miles by wagon road from Logan City, 
and bv horse trail three miles. 



LOTS 30X120 FEET. 



Abundance of Water in Four Wells. 



The townsite adjoins the Joshua Billings bo- 
n .nza claims. Part of the townsite is reserved for 
mining purposes. 



Chas. H. Beckwith & Geo. L. Rognon, 

Proprietors. 

J.MDESSART, 



Agent at Logan, Quijotoa P. O., Arizona. 



IQO ADVEHTISBMEiNTS. 



Cosmopolitaii Hotel, 



PAUL MORONEY, JR., - - Proprietor. 

Corner Main and Pennington Streets, 
Tucson, Arizona. 

5^-BATH ROOMS ATTACHED. 



LEO GOLDSCHMIDT, 

WaoliESAIiE AND RETAIL DeALEK IN 

Furniture, Carpets, 

BEDDING AND OILCLOTHS. 
Tucson, - - - - - - . Arizona. 

Assaying and Smelting. 

GOLD SI 00 I COPPER $1 00 

SILVER 1 00 I LEAD 100 

Special rates for other metala, bullion, etc. 

Prompt Attention Given Samples by Mail. 

Special care taken with tests and assays. Assaying taught at mod- 
erate rates. Cabinets of Arizona ores made up to order. 

CHAS. R. WO RES, - - A ssayer and Metallurgist, 

Assay offiae and Chemical Laboratory, 

106 CAMP STREET, OPPOSITE RUSS HOUSE. 

References — Tucson: Hudson & Co., L. Zechendorf & Co., W. C. 
Davis, James Buell. San Francisco: J. M. Baffington, Secretary of 
IJiHOa Con. S. M. Co., H. W. Walker, Golden State Laboratory. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. J 01 



L ZECKENDORF & CO., 

The Largest Mercantile Estahlishinent west of 
the Rocky Mountains. 

We call especial attention to onr large and well selected stock of 

Dry Goods. Fancy Goods, Notions, Clothing, 

Gents' Furnishing: Oouds, Hats anil Trunks. 

BOOTS AND SHOES FOR L\DIE3. GENTS AND CHILDREN, 

From the cheapest to tbe best. 

HARDWARE, MINING AND FARMING 

Implements, Wagon Material, Iron, Steel, Oil and Faints. 

1^'Groeeries and Provisions."^) 

We have made Sweepirg Reductions in prices in our various de- 
partments, and respectfully solicit an examination of our stock and 
prices. Orders re-pectfully solicited and promptly executed. 

L. ZECKENDORF & CO. 



ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA 

Lumber Company, 

J. N. MASON. . - - - Resident Partner. 

Doors. Windows, Blinds. Shingles. Sash 

AND MOULDINGS. 
i^~MiLL AND Mining Timber a Specialty."^) 

This company are prepared to till the largest orders for all kinds • f 
Building Material at the shortest possible notice. 

OFFICE AND YARD— Immediately across the railroad track 
from tbe depot, Tucson, Arizona. 

Branch Yard at Jfew Virgtnia, Quvjotoa. 

F. H. MASON, Manager. 



02 Al)VEKTlSEMK^■TS. 



JOS. C. PERRY, 

Counselor at Lav^, 

J\ro. 208 Congress Street, Tucson. J. T. 
Branch Office, J\fo. 210 Lo^an .dveujtf, Logan City, 
Quijotoas, A. T. 

C;^ Prompt attentioD given to all oomraercial or miring business 
entrusted to my CHre. Townpite lots at Logan City, New Virginia and 
Quijotoa City (Quijotoas) bought and sold on commission. 

Grand Central Hotel, 

DK. M\ J. WHITE, Froprietor. 

On t]ae Euro-pean Flan., 

|^° FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT CONNECTED WITH EOTEL. 

Prices of board and rooms from $1.50 to $3 per dny, according to locu- 
tion of room. Day board, $7 per week. The most centrally located 
hotel in the city. Directly opposite the postoffice, a few doors from the 
Star and Citizen offices, one block from the United States land office 
and just adjoining the couJt house. First class in every particular. The 
only hotel in the city with telephone connection with Fort Lowell, free 
to all officers of the United States army. Bath room free to guests; 
others twenty-five cents. 

GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE. 

CHAN TIN WO. - - Proprietor. 

Best Groceries and Paovisi ons Always on Hand. 

Also a oompletft- stock of Cbinaware. 102 and 104 Main, cor. Ott street. 



C. H. Hllilj. W. W. AVONDAIjE. J. C. WELBY. 

HILL, AVONDALE & CO., 

Distiilers of Fine Bourbon and Bye Whiskies. 

(Distillery, 6th district, Kentucky.) 

WILLIAM KANE, - - - - Resident Agent. 

214 Congress otreet, Tucson, Arizona. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



103 





DEALERS IN 



LUMBER, DOORS, WINDOWS, ETC. 



, I.IV.J 



Hard\vare of all kinds, 



Mining Supplies a Specialty, 



Blasting Powder at Agents' Rates. 



Sandersou^s Steel, Noriimy and American Iron, 



Crockery. Glassware. Paints, Oils, &c. 



Tucson and Tombstone. Arizona. 



The Quijotoa Trade Supplied. 



104 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Douglass Snyder, 



-DEALER IN 



Groceries and Hardware, 

Also Mining Tools aud Mining Steel, Mining Candles, Drill Steel an<J 
Blacksmiih Supplies, Picks, Sbovcle, Sledg<^8, Drill Steel, Powder, 
CaiJt^, Hammeiv", Tamping Rods, Pulp Spoons, Fuse. h.tc., Etc. A large 
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